AMD Radeon R9 285 videocard review
Radeon R9 285 videocard released by AMD; release date: 2 September 2014. At the time of release, the videocard cost $249. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 3.0 microarchitecture codenamed Tonga.
Core clock speed - 918 MHz. Texture fill rate - 102.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1792. Floating-point performance - 3,290 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 5,000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 190 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 176.0 GB / s.
Benchmarks
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score |
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| Name | Value |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6680 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 597 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection | 72.799 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation | 1474.632 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex | 6.369 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition | 91.954 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining | 391.399 mHash/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 6474 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3043 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 2782 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 6474.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3043.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 2782.000 Fps |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2778 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 3.0 |
| Code name | Tonga |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series |
| Launch date | 2 September 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 |
| Place in performance rating | 442 |
| Type | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 918 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 3,290 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1792 |
| Texture fill rate | 102.8 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 190 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,000 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 221 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 176.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | |

