ATI Radeon HD 3870 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

ATI Radeon HD 3870 $219
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 $500
320 Shaders
1GB GDDR4
777MHz
2x 240 Shaders
1792MB (2x 896MB) GDDR3
576MHz
Peak AI Performance
500 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
1.19 TOPS
INT32
FP32
500 GFLOPS
FP32
1.19 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
106W
TDP
289W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
ATI
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Architecture
Tesla 2
Family
Radeon HD 3000
Family
GeForce 200
Codename
Boom
RV670
Variant
RV670 XT
Codename
NVA0
GT200B
Variant
GT200-400-B3
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/19/2007
Release Date
1/8/2009
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
55nm
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Fabrication Node
55nm
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Die Size
192 mm²
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Die Size
2x 470 mm²
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Transistor Count
666 Million
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Transistor Count
2x 1.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
3.47M/mm²
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Transistor Density
2.98M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Shading Units
2x 240 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
2x 80 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
2x 28 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
2x 30 SMs
Compute Units
4 CUs
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777MHz
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1242MHz Shader
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576MHz
Peak AI Performance
500 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
1.19 TOPS
INT32
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FP32
500 GFLOPS
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FP32
1.19 TFLOPS
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FP64
100 GFLOPS
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FP64
150 GFLOPS
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INT32
1.19 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
12.432 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
16.128 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
12.432 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
46.08 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
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Unknown
L2
256KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
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1GB
GDDR4
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1792MB (2x 896MB)
GDDR3
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
448Bit
Clock
1126MHz
Transfer Rate
2.3GT/s
Bandwidth
72.1GB/s
Clock
999MHz
Transfer Rate
2GT/s
Bandwidth
111.9GB/s
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TDP
106W
TDP
289W
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1x S-Video
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x HDMI 1.3
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 1.0
No Decoders
Codec
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_1
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
4.1
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GFX
3
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.3
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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