AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
609
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Value for money (0-100)
8.08
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
Caicos
Code name
GT200B
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
8 January 2009 (12 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$500
$10.38
Price now
$200 (0.4x MSRP)
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Value for money
0.54
Caicos
GPU code name
GT200B
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
240
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Core clock speed
576 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
1,400 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
289 Watt
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Texture fill rate
92.2 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
2x 596.2 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
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CUDA cores
480
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CUDA cores per GPU
240
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
370 million
Number of transistors
1,400 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
289 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
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Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
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SLI options
+
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Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
1792 MB
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Memory bus width
896 Bit
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Memory clock speed
999 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
223.8 GB/s
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Standard memory config per GPU
896 MB
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Memory interface width per GPU
448 Bit

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
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Multi monitor support
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
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High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.4
OpenGL
2.1
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Vulkan
N/A
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Shader Model
4.0
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $200 (0.4x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

6.24% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (240 vs 160)

So, AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 .

AMD Caicos versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Caicos
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