AMD Radeon R9 285
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3
AMD Radeon R9 285
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 285 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

208
Place in performance rating
1673
0.05
Value for money (0-100)
0.10
GCN 3.0
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
Tonga
Code name
GT218
Desktop
Type
Desktop
2 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
13 June 2012
$249
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$385 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$284
13.04
Value for money
no data
Tonga
GPU code name
no data
Desktop
Market segment
no data

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 285 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
16
918 MHz
Core clock speed
589 MHz
5,000 million
Transistor count
260 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
190 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
102.8
Texture fill rate
4.712
3,290 gflops
Floating-point performance
44.86 gflops
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
5,000 million
Number of transistors
no data
190 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 285 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
221 mm
Length
168 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None

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 NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR2
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
5500 MHz
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
176.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
9.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 285 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
+
HDMI
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 285 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
4.6
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 285 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 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 NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 285
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3
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 16)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (176.0 GB/s vs 9.6 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3

0.04% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($284 vs $385 (1.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 190 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 285 or NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 .

AMD Radeon R9 285 versus NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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