AMD Radeon HD 8670D vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8670D and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 187 vs 73

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2013 vs 23 December 2008
Pipelines	384 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	187 vs 73

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 844 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1513 vs 534
10.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22124 vs 2076

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 844 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1513 vs 534
Geekbench - OpenCL	22124 vs 2076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8670D
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

534

1513

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

187

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2076

22124

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3347

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3347

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	534	1513
PassMark - G2D Mark	187	73
Geekbench - OpenCL	2076	22124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3347

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Richland	GT200B
Launch date	4 June 2013	23 December 2008
Place in performance rating	1198	1200
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$359
Price now		$179.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	844 MHz	1476 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	240
CUDA cores		240
Floating-point performance		708.5 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		51.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		204 Watt
Transistor count		1,400 million
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		159.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		512 Bit
Memory clock speed		1242 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit
SLI