AMD Radeon R9 285 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

• Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
• Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 102.8 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s
• Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
• Around 22% better floating-point performance: 3,290 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
• Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 4889
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 72.799 vs 63.87
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1474.632 vs 1314.72
• Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 91.954 vs 85.21
• Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 391.399 vs 315.412
• Around 57% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2778 vs 1771

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

• Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 190 Watt
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 611 vs 597
• Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8068 vs 6474
• Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 3043
• Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2782
• Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8068 vs 6474
• Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 3043
• Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 285
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	6680 4889
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	597 611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	72.799 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1474.632 1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6.369 6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	91.954 85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	391.399 315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6474 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3043 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2782 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6474 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3043 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2782 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	2778 1771

Compare specifications (specs)