NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
VS
AMD Radeon 550X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
VS
AMD Radeon 550X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and AMD Radeon 550X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

530
Place in performance rating
549
9.84
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Tesla 2.0
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GT200B
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Desktop
23 December 2008 (12 years ago)
Release date
27 March 2019 (2 years ago)
$359
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$74 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$259
2.25
Value for money
6.10
GT200B
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and AMD Radeon 550X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

240
Pipelines
512
648 MHz
Core clock speed
1082 MHz
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Boost Clock
1218 MHz
1,400 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
204 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
51.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
38.98
708.5 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
240
CUDA cores
no data
240
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1218 MHz
1,400 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
204 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and AMD Radeon 550X.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Length
145 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
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SLI options
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4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and AMD Radeon 550X can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1242 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
159.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and AMD Radeon 550X, the size and number of monitors.

HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and AMD Radeon 550X is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
128bit
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and AMD Radeon 550X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Vulkan
no data
4.0
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and AMD Radeon 550X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 or AMD Radeon 550X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
AMD Radeon 550X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
AMD Radeon 550X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
AMD Radeon 550X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
AMD Radeon 550X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
AMD Radeon 550X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Cheaper ($74 (0.2x MSRP) vs $259)

More memory bandwidth (159.0 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 550X

0.07% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (512 vs 240)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 204 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 or AMD Radeon 550X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon 550X .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 versus AMD Radeon 550X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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