GeForce GTX 285 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

GeForce GTX 285
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 23 Dec 2008
GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jan 2011
GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 285
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    157%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 285

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 560 Ti

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 57% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 560 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 560 Ti

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 285GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU NameGT200B (G200-350-B3)vsGF114 (GF114-400-A1)
Fab Process55 nmvs40 nm
Die Size470 mm²vs332 mm²
Transistors1,400 millionvs1,950 million
Shaders240vs384
Compute Units10vs8
Core clock648 MHzvs823 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs80vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 285GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width512 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1242 MHz
2484 MHz effective
vs1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 285GeForce GTX 560 Ti
TDP204 wattsvs170 watts
Release Date23 Dec 2008vs25 Jan 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 285
    20.70 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    13.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 285
    51.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    52.70 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 285
    159.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    128.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 285
    708.50 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    1263.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 285
    2950
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    4660

Points (higher is better)