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GeForce GTX 285 2GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Intro
The GeForce GTX 285 2GB comes with core speeds of 648 MHz on the GPU, and 1242 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 32 ROPs.Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which has GPU core speed of 822 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1002 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 384 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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170 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 285 2GB |
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204 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 285 2GB is 24% quicker than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 285 2GB |
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158976 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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128256 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a bit (about 1%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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52608 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 285 2GB |
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51840 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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26304 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 285 2GB |
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20736 Mpixels/sec |
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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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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 285 2GB | GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | January 15, 2009 | January 2011 |
| Code Name | G200b | GF114 |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 648 MHz | 822 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 2484 MHz | 4008 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 204 watts | 170 watts |
| Bandwidth | 158976 MB/sec | 128256 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 51840 Mtexels/sec | 52608 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 20736 Mpixels/sec | 26304 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 240 | 384 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 80 | 64 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 1400 million | 1950 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
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Comments
One Response to “GeForce GTX 285 2GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti”I find it interesting that the older 285 still fares pretty well against newer cards. It seems that if you are not going for ultra high res, the 285 is still capable. I wonder where you start to draw the line... 1920 x 1080? 2560 x 1440?
Right now 1920 x 1080 seems to be good with my 285. Perhaps there will be a steep dropoff above that.