Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 670 vs Radeon R9 285
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 670
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 10 May 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 285
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 2 Sep 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 670100%
- Radeon R9 285115%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 670100%
- Radeon R9 285113%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 670
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 285
- 13% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R9 285
The Radeon R9 285 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 670 | Radeon R9 285 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-325-A2) | Tonga (Tonga PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 1344 | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 7 | 28 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | 918 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | 112 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 670 | Radeon R9 285 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 670 | Radeon R9 285 |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 10 May 2012 | 2 Sep 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 67025.60 GP/s
- Radeon R9 28529.38 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 670102.00 GT/s
- Radeon R9 285102.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 670192.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 285176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 6702460.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 2853290.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 6709330
- Radeon R9 28510790
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 67043
- Radeon R9 28550
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 67039
- Radeon R9 28543
FPS (higher is better)