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AMD Radeon R9 295X2
- Graphics Processor
- Vesuvius x2
- Cores
- 2816 x2
- TMUs
- 176 x2
- ROPs
- 64 x2
- Memory Size
- 4 GB x2
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Bus Width
- 512 bit x2
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Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
- 3840x2160
The Radeon R9 295X2 was an enthusiast-class graphics card by AMD, launched on April 29th, 2014. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Vesuvius graphics processor, in its Vesuvius XT variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon R9 295X2. The Vesuvius graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 438 mm² and 6,200 million transistors. Radeon R9 295X2 combines two graphics processors to increase performance. It features 2816 shading units, 176 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs, per GPU. AMD has paired 8 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon R9 295X2, which are connected using a 512-bit memory interface per GPU (each GPU manages 4,096 MB). The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1018 MHz, memory is running at 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon R9 295X2 draws power from 2x 8-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 500 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon R9 295X2 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 307 mm x 114 mm x 42 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 1499 US Dollars.
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon R9 295X2 draws power from 2x 8-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 500 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon R9 295X2 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 307 mm x 114 mm x 42 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 1499 US Dollars.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Apr 29th, 2014
- Generation
-
Volcanic Islands
(R9 200)
- Predecessor
- Sea Islands
- Successor
- Pirate Islands
- Production
- End-of-life
- Launch Price
- 1,499 USD
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Reviews
- 33 in our database
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Clock Speeds
- GPU Clock
- 1018 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 4 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 512 bit
- Bandwidth
- 320.0 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 2816
- TMUs
- 176
- ROPs
- 64
- Compute Units
- 44
- L1 Cache
- 16 KB (per CU)
- L2 Cache
- 1024 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 65.15 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 179.2 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float)
- 5.733 TFLOPS
- FP64 (double)
- 716.7 GFLOPS (1:8)
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Dual-slot
- Length
- 307 mm
12.1 inches
- Width
- 114 mm
4.5 inches
- Height
- 42 mm
1.7 inches
- TDP
- 500 W
- Suggested PSU
- 900 W
- Outputs
- 1x DVI
4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
- Power Connectors
- 2x 8-pin
- Board Number
- 109-C673A7-00D_02
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (12_0)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.1
- Vulkan
- 1.2.170
- Shader Model
- 6.5
Vesuvius GPU Notes
| Generation: Volcanic Islands Desktop Variant: Hawaii / Grenada Graphics/Compute: GFX7 (gfx701) Display Core Engine: 8.5 Unified Video Decoder: 4.2 Video Compression Engine: 2.0 System DMA: 1.0.0 CLRX: GCN 1.1.0 |
Retail boards based on this design (13)
| Name | GPU Clock | Memory Clock | Other Changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | ||
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | ||
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | ||
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | ||
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | ||
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | ||
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | ||
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | ||
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | ||
| 1030 MHz | 1300 MHz | ||
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | Single-slot | |
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz | ||
| 1018 MHz | 1250 MHz |
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