NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 vs ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 and ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
35.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1206 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2009 vs 17 October 2007
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1206 vs 34

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 187 vs 103

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	187 vs 103

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
GPU 2: ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1206

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

103

187

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295	ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	1206	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	103	187
Geekbench - OpenCL	21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3107

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295	ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rage 8
Code name	GT200B	RC410
Launch date	8 January 2009	17 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$500
Place in performance rating	930	931
Price now	$159.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	1242 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	480
CUDA cores per GPU	240
Floating-point performance	2x 596.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	2x 240
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	289 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIHDMI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB
Memory bandwidth	223.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	896 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz
Memory interface width per GPU	448 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU	896 MB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit
SLI