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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

29%
29%

AMD Radeon HD 7990

343%
343%
AMD Radeon HD 7990 is approximately 314% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GT200B
Malta x2
CoresDifferent
240
2048 x2
TMUsDifferent
80
128 x2
ROPsDifferent
32
32 x2
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB x2
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
512 bit
384 bit x2

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU NameDifferent
GT200B
Malta
GPU VariantDifferent
G200-350-B3
Malta XT(215-0849026)
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
11.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
470 mm²
365 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1981
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
Release DateDifferent
Dec 23rd, 2008
Apr 24th, 2013
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
999 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
88 in our database
37 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
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
950 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
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 7990
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 7990
Pixel RateDifferent
20.74 GPixel/s
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
51.84 GTexel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
708.5 GFLOPS
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
88.56 GFLOPS (1:8)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
304 mm12 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-C47637-00A_02
HeightDifferent
N/A
106 mm4.2 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
38 mm1.5 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285AMD Radeon HD 7990
DirectXDifferent
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.175
CUDADifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
4.0
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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