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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

43%
43%

AMD Radeon HD 6990

235%
235%
AMD Radeon HD 6990 is approximately 192% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 6990
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GT200B
Antilles x2
CoresDifferent
240
1536 x2
TMUsDifferent
80
96 x2
ROPsDifferent
32
32 x2
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
2 GB x2
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
512 bit
256 bit x2

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU NameDifferent
GT200B
Antilles
GPU VariantDifferent
G200-350-B3
Antilles XT(215-0807027)
ArchitectureDifferent
Tesla 2.0
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
55 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
1,400 million
2,640 million
DensityDifferent
3.0M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
470 mm²
389 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1981
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 6990
Release DateDifferent
Dec 23rd, 2008
Mar 8th, 2011
AvailabilityDifferent
Jan 15th, 2009
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 200
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 9
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 400
Southern Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
359 USD
699 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
88 in our database
47 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU ClockDifferent
648 MHz
830 MHz
Shader ClockDifferent
1476 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
1242 MHz2.5 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 6990
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
512 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
159.0 GB/s
160.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 6990
Shading UnitsDifferent
240
1536
TMUsDifferent
80
96
ROPs
32
32
SM CountDifferent
30
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
256 KB
512 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
24
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
8 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 6990
Pixel RateDifferent
20.74 GPixel/s
26.56 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
51.84 GTexel/s
79.68 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
708.5 GFLOPS
2.550 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
88.56 GFLOPS (1:8)
637.4 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 6990
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
310 mm12.2 inches
TDPDifferent
204 W
375 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
750 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x S-Video
1x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 6-pin
2x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P891 SKU 52, P892 SKU 52, P892 SKU 55
109-C20647-00
HeightDifferent
N/A
115 mm4.5 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
40 mm1.6 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 6990
DirectXDifferent
11.1 (10_0)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
CUDADifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
4.0
5.0

Comparison Summary

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