GeForce GTX 285 vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
GeForce GTX 285
100%
Radeon R9 270X
294%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R9 270X |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 194% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 270X
The Radeon R9 270X is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 285 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT200B (G200-350-B3) | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 470 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,400 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 240 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 648 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 285 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 512 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1242 MHz
2484 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 285 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 204 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 23 Dec 2008 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 285
20.70 GP/s
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 285
51.80 GT/s
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 285
159.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 285
708.50 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 285
2950
Radeon R9 270X
8700
Points (higher is better)