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Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon R9 285

62%
62%

AMD Radeon HD 7990

160%
160%
AMD Radeon HD 7990 is approximately 98% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Tonga
Malta x2
CoresDifferent
1792
2048 x2
TMUsDifferent
112
128 x2
ROPsDifferent
32
32 x2
Memory SizeDifferent
2 GB
3 GB x2
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit x2

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU NameDifferent
Tonga
Malta
GPU VariantDifferent
Tonga PRO(215-0851128)
Malta XT(215-0849026)
ArchitectureDifferent
GCN 3.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
5,000 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
13.7M / mm²
11.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
366 mm²
365 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
Release DateDifferent
Sep 2nd, 2014
Apr 24th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
Sea Islands
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Pirate Islands
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
249 USD
999 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
59 in our database
37 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU ClockDifferent
918 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
950 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
Memory SizeDifferent
2 GB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
176.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
Shading UnitsDifferent
1792
2048
TMUsDifferent
112
128
ROPs
32
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
28
32
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
512 KB
768 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
Pixel RateDifferent
29.38 GPixel/s
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
102.8 GTexel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
3.290 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
3.290 TFLOPS
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
205.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
221 mm8.7 inches
304 mm12 inches
HeightDifferent
109 mm4.3 inches
106 mm4.2 inches
WidthDifferent
36 mm1.4 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
190 W
375 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
750 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 6-pin
2x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
C766
109-C47637-00A_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
DirectXDifferent
12 (12_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.2.170
1.2.175
Shader ModelDifferent
6.5
6.5 (5.1)

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