AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 RX 550

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.1x more pipelines: 512 vs 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
4.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 204 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1242 MHz
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2715 vs 1516
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 77

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 23 December 2008
Pipelines	512 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 204 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1242 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2715 vs 1516
PassMark - G2D Mark	488 vs 77

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 37.86 GTexel / s
590.4x better floating-point performance: 708.5 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Around 89% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22124 vs 11719
Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 2158
Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 2158

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	22124 vs 11719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2715

1516

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

488

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11719

22124

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2158

3347

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2158

3347

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	2715	1516
PassMark - G2D Mark	488	77
Geekbench - OpenCL	11719	22124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2158	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2158	3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1200

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Lexa	GT200B
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	23 December 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$359
Place in performance rating	850	1180
Price now	$75	$179.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	59.51	9.17
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1476 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	708.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	512	240
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s	51.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	204 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		240
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	159.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1242 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit
SLI