Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 285
Summary
Radeon HD 3870 X2
100%
GeForce GTX 285
119%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3870 X2 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 285 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 19% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 285
The GeForce GTX 285 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 3870 X2 | | GeForce GTX 285 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | R680 () | vs | GT200B (G200-350-B3) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 192 mm² | vs | 470 mm² |
| Transistors | 666 million | vs | 1,400 million |
| Shaders | 320 | vs | 240 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 825 MHz | vs | 648 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 3870 X2 | | GeForce GTX 285 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 901 MHz
1802 MHz effective | vs | 1242 MHz
2484 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 3870 X2 | | GeForce GTX 285 | |
|---|
| TDP | 165 watts | vs | 204 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Jan 2008 | vs | 23 Dec 2008 |
Radeon HD 3870 X2
26.40 GP/s
GeForce GTX 285
20.70 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3870 X2
26.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 285
51.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3870 X2
115.40 GB/s
GeForce GTX 285
159.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 3870 X2
1056.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 285
708.50 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 3870 X2
2470
GeForce GTX 285
2950
Points (higher is better)