AMD Radeon R9 285 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 285 and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i 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.

AMD Radeon R9 285

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 918 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
51.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 129
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 367

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 September 2014 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	918 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680 vs 129
PassMark - G2D Mark	597 vs 367

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

4.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 190 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 190 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6680

129

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

597

367

Name	AMD Radeon R9 285	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680	129
PassMark - G2D Mark	597	367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2778

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 285	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Tonga	MCP79MX
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	2 September 2014	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	445	443
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	918 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,290 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
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)