AMD Radeon R6 M255DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.4x more pipelines: 576 vs 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3563 vs 3347
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3563 vs 3347
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 116 vs 73

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2014 vs 23 December 2008
Pipelines	576 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3563 vs 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3563 vs 3347
PassMark - G2D Mark	116 vs 73

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Around 89% higher core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22124 vs 17123
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1513 vs 605

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	22124 vs 17123
PassMark - G3D Mark	1513 vs 605

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17123

22124

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3563

3347

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3563

3347

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

605

1513

Name	AMD Radeon R6 M255DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Geekbench - OpenCL	17123	22124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3563	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3563	3347
PassMark - G2D Mark	116	73
PassMark - G3D Mark	605	1513

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R6 M255DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Jet	GT200B
Launch date	7 January 2014	23 December 2008
Place in performance rating	1197	1200
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$359
Price now		$179.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.17
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	1476 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	576	240
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,400 million
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
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		159.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		512 Bit
Memory clock speed		1242 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit
SLI