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Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

41%
41%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

244%
244%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is approximately 203% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GT200B
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
240
2048
TMUsDifferent
80
128
ROPs
32
32
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
512 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
GT200B
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
G200-350-B3
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Tesla 2.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
55 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
1,400 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
3.0M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
470 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1981
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Dec 23rd, 2008
Jun 22nd, 2012
AvailabilityDifferent
Jan 15th, 2009
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 200
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 9
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 400
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
359 USD
499 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
88 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU ClockDifferent
648 MHz
N/A
Shader ClockDifferent
1476 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
1242 MHz2.5 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1050 MHz

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
512 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
159.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
240
2048
TMUsDifferent
80
128
ROPs
32
32
SM CountDifferent
30
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
256 KB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
16 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
20.74 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
51.84 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
708.5 GFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
88.56 GFLOPS (1:8)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
TDPDifferent
204 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x S-Video
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P891 SKU 52, P892 SKU 52, P892 SKU 55
109-C38637-00
HeightDifferent
N/A
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
38 mm1.5 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
4.0
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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