NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 585 MHz vs 576 MHz

Core clock speed	585 MHz vs 576 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI

Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1020 MHz vs 950 MHz

Memory clock speed	1020 MHz vs 950 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI
Essentials
Architecture	G9x	G9x
Code name	N10E-GTX	N10E-GTX
Launch date	2 March 2009	2 March 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	585 MHz	576 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	256	256
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	1508 Million	1508 Million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large	large
API support
DirectX	10	10
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz	1020 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD