GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon R9 285

GeForce GTX 680
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Mar 2012
GeForce GTX 680
Radeon R9 285
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 2 Sep 2014
Radeon R9 285

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 680
    100%
  • Radeon R9 285
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 680Radeon R9 285
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-400-A2)vsTonga (Tonga PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs366 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs5,000 million
Shaders1536vs1792
Compute Units8vs28
Core clock1006 MHzvs918 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs128vs112

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 680Radeon R9 285
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 680Radeon R9 285
TDP195 wattsvs190 watts
Release Date22 Mar 2012vs2 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 680
    32.20 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 285
    29.38 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 680
    129.00 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 285
    102.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 680
    192.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 285
    176.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 680
    3090.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 285
    3290.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 680
    10700
  • Radeon R9 285
    10790

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 680
    36
  • Radeon R9 285
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 680
    61
  • Radeon R9 285
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 680
    27
  • Radeon R9 285
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 680
    46
  • Radeon R9 285
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 680
    42
  • Radeon R9 285
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 680
    41
  • Radeon R9 285
    43

FPS (higher is better)