GeForce GTX 275 vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 275 and Radeon R7 Carrizo, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 275 stacks up against Radeon R7 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R7 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 Carrizo is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 275 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI
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  • GeForce GTX 275 has 1725% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 2−3
ultra / 1080p 4−5 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 12−14
medium / 1080p 8−9 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 42% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 275 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GT200B Carrizo
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 15 January 2009 4 June 2015
Pipelines 240 512
Core clock speed 1404 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 50.6 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 673.9 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 448 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1134 MHz
Memory bandwidth 127.0 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 3.0
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 240
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Laptop size medium sized
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