GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GTX 285

GeForce GTX 280
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 16 Jun 2008
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 285
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 23 Dec 2008
GeForce GTX 285

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 280
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 285
    106%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 280

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 285

Around 6% higher average synthetic performance.
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor

GeForce GTX 285

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 285

The GeForce GTX 285 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 280GeForce GTX 285
GPU NameGT200 (G200-302-A2)vsGT200B (G200-350-B3)
Fab Process65 nmvs55 nm
Die Size576 mm²vs470 mm²
Transistors1,400 millionvs1,400 million
Shaders240vs240
Compute Units10vs10
Core clock602 MHzvs648 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs80vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 280GeForce GTX 285
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR3
Bus Width512 bitvs512 bit
Memory Speed1107 MHz
2214 MHz effective
vs1242 MHz
2484 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 280GeForce GTX 285
TDP236 wattsvs204 watts
Release Date16 Jun 2008vs23 Dec 2008

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 280
    19.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 285
    20.70 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 280
    48.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 285
    51.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 280
    142.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 285
    159.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 280
    622.10 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 285
    708.50 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 280
    2780
  • GeForce GTX 285
    2950

Points (higher is better)