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GeForce GTX 285 1GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

The GeForce GTX 285 1GB has core speeds of 648 MHz on the GPU, and 1242 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 822 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1002 MHz on this card. It features 384 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

(No game benchmarks for this combination yet.)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 170 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 1GB 204 Watts
Difference: 34 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 285 1GB should be 24% faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB 158976 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 128256 MB/sec
Difference: 30720 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be a bit (approximately 1%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB 51840 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 768 (1%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB 20736 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 5568 (27%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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GeForce GTX 285 1GB

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GeForce GTX 560 Ti

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Specifications

Model GeForce GTX 285 1GB GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year January 15, 2009 January 2011
Code Name G200b GF114
Fab Process 55 nm 40 nm
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 648 MHz 822 MHz
Shader Speed 1476 MHz 1645 MHz
Memory Speed 1242 MHz 1002 MHz
Unified Shaders 240 384
Texture Mapping Units 80 64
Render Output Units 32 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 512-bit 256-bit
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.1
Power (Max TDP) 204 watts 170 watts
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
Bandwidth 158976 MB/sec 128256 MB/sec
Texel Rate 51840 Mtexels/sec 52608 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 20736 Mpixels/sec 26304 Mpixels/sec

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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4 Responses to “GeForce GTX 285 1GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti”

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Troy says:

I build my own computers for me and my family. I also build for other peaple as well for a little xtra cash. When i do my builds i reserch every main component i install.i decided to check into the 200 series video cards to se how far the 400 and 500 series have advanced.Much to my surprise i did not find much diference. It seems to me the 285 overall is better then the 560 and the 285 matches up very well against the 560 firmi.I am building 2 new machines at the moment, 1 for me 1 for my son. I plan to get a gtx 285 for mine and a 560 firmi for him. this will tell me how closly matched they are.

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Dionm says:

Troy remember though that the 560 supports directx 11 and opengl v4 - it also performs similar if not slightly better than a 6950. It would be more efficient overall as its a newer core design. Also I hope that your son's and your computer have identical specs for everything aside from graphics... otherwise a fair comparison cannot be pulled...

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