AMD Radeon R9 285 videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 285

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

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38762
6680
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1310
597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
71.777 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1474.632 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
6.359 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
91.954 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
390.891 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
6474 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3043 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2782 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
6474.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3043.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2782.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36532
2778
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 6680
PassMark - G2D Mark 597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 71.777 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1474.632 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 6.359 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 91.954 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 390.891 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

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 448
Type Desktop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

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

HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)