AMD Radeon R9 285
VS
AMD Radeon R7 M265
AMD Radeon R9 285
VS
AMD Radeon R7 M265

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 M265. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

208
Place in performance rating
803
0.05
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN 3.0
Architecture
GCN
Tonga
Code name
Topaz
Desktop
Type
Laptop
2 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
$249
Launch price (MSRP)
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$385 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$585
13.04
Value for money
0.06
Tonga
GPU code name
Opal XT / Mars
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 M265 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
384
918 MHz
Core clock speed
825 MHz
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Boost Clock
825 MHz
5,000 million
Transistor count
1,550 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
190 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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102.8
Texture fill rate
23.52
3,290 gflops
Floating-point performance
633.6 gflops
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Compute units
6
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
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Boost clock speed
825 MHz
5,000 million
Number of transistors
1,550 million
190 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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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 M265.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
221 mm
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
medium sized
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x8

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 M265 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5500 MHz
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
176.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 M265, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 M265 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
+
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1
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Zero Core
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 M265. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
Not Listed
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Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R7 M265 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 M265 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 M265
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R7 M265
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R7 M265
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R7 M265
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R7 M265
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

Cheaper ($385 (1.5x MSRP) vs $585)

More pipelines (1792 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (176.0 GB/s vs 32 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 M265

3.69% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 285 or AMD Radeon R7 M265?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 M265 .

AMD Radeon R9 285 versus AMD Radeon R7 M265 performance benchmarks comparison

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