AMD Radeon R9 285
VS
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
AMD Radeon R9 285
VS
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge). Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

208
Place in performance rating
735
0.05
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN 3.0
Architecture
GCN 1.2
Tonga
Code name
Bristol Ridge
Desktop
Type
Laptop
2 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
1 June 2016 (5 years ago)
$249
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$385 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$80
13.04
Value for money
0.24
Tonga
GPU code name
Bristol Ridge
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
512
918 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
900 MHz
5,000 million
Transistor count
2410 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
190 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
12-45 Watt
102.8
Texture fill rate
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3,290 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
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Boost clock speed
900 MHz
5,000 million
Number of transistors
2410 Million
190 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
12-45 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge).

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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221 mm
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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no data
Laptop size
medium sized

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 AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
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2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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256 Bit
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
5500 MHz
Memory clock speed
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176.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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no data
Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge), the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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+
HDMI
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge). Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) 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 AMD Radeon R9 285 or AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
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 AMD Radeon R9 285

More pipelines (1792 vs 512)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

3.42% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($80 vs $385 (1.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (12-45 Watt vs 190 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 285 or AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) .

AMD Radeon R9 285 versus AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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