AMD Radeon R9 285 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 285 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 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 NVS 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 918 MHz vs 250 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 102.8 GTexel / s vs 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 128 MB
11x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 500 MHz
175.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 38
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 358

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 September 2014 vs 9 March 2009
Core clock speed	918 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s vs 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	597 vs 358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

6.1x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 190 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 190 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6680

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

597

358

Name	AMD Radeon R9 285	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	597	358
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 NVS 440
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Tonga	NV43 A4
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	2 September 2014	9 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$96.99
Place in performance rating	445	444
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$93.61
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	918 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,290 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s	2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DMS-59
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	221 mm	187 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	2x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth	176.0 GB / s	2x 8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)