AMD Radeon R9 285 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 285 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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 Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 918 MHz vs 350 MHz
24.5x more texture fill rate: 102.8 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
58.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 114
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 360

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 September 2014 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	918 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680 vs 114
PassMark - G2D Mark	597 vs 360

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

6.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 190 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 190 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6680

114

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

597

360

Name	AMD Radeon R9 285	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680	114
PassMark - G2D Mark	597	360
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 Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Tonga	G73
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	2 September 2014	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$299
Place in performance rating	446	441
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$150.25
Value for money (0-100)		0.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	918 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,290 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	221 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	176.0 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)