GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon R9 285
Summary
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Radeon R9 285
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 680
102%
Radeon R9 285
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon R9 285 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-400-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 | 1536 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 1006 MHz | vs | 918 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | 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 680 | | Radeon R9 285 | |
|---|
| TDP | 195 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Mar 2012 | vs | 2 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 285
29.38 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 285
102.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 285
176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 285
3290.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Radeon R9 285
10790
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 680
36
Radeon R9 285
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
61
Radeon R9 285
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 680
27
Radeon R9 285
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 680
46
Radeon R9 285
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
42
Radeon R9 285
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 680
41
Radeon R9 285
43
FPS (higher is better)