NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 vs ATI Radeon 9200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and ATI Radeon 9200 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

ATI Radeon 9200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
5.9x more core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 250 MHz
51.8x more texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 400 MHz
378.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1515 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 December 2008 vs 1 May 2003
Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1515 vs 4

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200

7.3x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 204 Watt
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 76

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 204 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	135 vs 76

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1515

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	ATI Radeon 9200
PassMark - G3D Mark	1515	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	76	135
Geekbench - OpenCL	22124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	ATI Radeon 9200
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rage 7
Code name	GT200B	RV280
Launch date	23 December 2008	1 May 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$359
Place in performance rating	1195	1182
Price now	$179.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	1476 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	159.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit
SLI