GeForce GTX 670 vs Radeon R9 285
Summary
GeForce GTX 670
100%
Radeon R9 285
115%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 670
100%
Radeon R9 285
113%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 670 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 285 |
| 13% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 285
The Radeon R9 285 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 670 | | Radeon R9 285 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-325-A2) | vs | Tonga (Tonga PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 1344 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | vs | 918 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 670 | | Radeon R9 285 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 670 | | Radeon R9 285 | |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 10 May 2012 | vs | 2 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 670
25.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 285
29.38 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
102.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 285
102.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 285
176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
2460.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 285
3290.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
9330
Radeon R9 285
10790
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 670
43
Radeon R9 285
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 670
39
Radeon R9 285
43
FPS (higher is better)