Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon R9 285
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 680
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 22 Mar 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 680100%
- Radeon R9 285100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 680102%
- Radeon R9 285100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 680
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | Radeon R9 285 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) | Tonga (Tonga PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 28 |
| Core clock | 1006 MHz | 918 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 112 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | 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 680 | Radeon R9 285 |
|---|
| TDP | 195 watts | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Mar 2012 | 2 Sep 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 68032.20 GP/s
- Radeon R9 28529.38 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 680129.00 GT/s
- Radeon R9 285102.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 680192.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 285176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 6803090.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 2853290.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 68010700
- Radeon R9 28510790
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- GeForce GTX 68036
- Radeon R9 28536
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 68061
- Radeon R9 28551
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- GeForce GTX 68027
- Radeon R9 28529
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 68046
- Radeon R9 28550
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 68042
- Radeon R9 28537
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 68041
- Radeon R9 28543
FPS (higher is better)