GeForce GTX 285 vs GeForce GTX 470
Summary
GeForce GTX 285
100%
GeForce GTX 470
158%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 470 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 58% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 470
The GeForce GTX 470 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 285 | | GeForce GTX 470 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT200B (G200-350-B3) | vs | GF100 (GF100-275-A3) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 470 mm² | vs | 529 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,400 million | vs | 3,100 million |
| Shaders | 240 | vs | 448 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 648 MHz | vs | 608 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 40 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 285 | | GeForce GTX 470 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 512 bit | vs | 320 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1242 MHz
2484 MHz effective | vs | 837 MHz
3348 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1280 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 285 | | GeForce GTX 470 | |
|---|
| TDP | 204 watts | vs | 215 watts |
| Release Date | 23 Dec 2008 | vs | 26 Mar 2010 |
GeForce GTX 285
20.70 GP/s
GeForce GTX 470
17.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 285
51.80 GT/s
GeForce GTX 470
34.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 285
159.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 470
134.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 285
708.50 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 470
1089.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 285
2950
GeForce GTX 470
4680
Points (higher is better)