NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 vs ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO 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 HD 2350 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 525 MHz
24.7x more texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 2.1 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 240 vs 40
16.9x better floating-point performance: 708.5 gflops vs 42 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 800 MHz
19.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1515 vs 77
24.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 136
24.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 136

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 December 2008 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 525 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec vs 2.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 40
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops vs 42 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1515 vs 77
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347 vs 136
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347 vs 136

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO

10.2x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 204 Watt
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 76

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 204 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	262 vs 76

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1515

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3347

136

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3347

136

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1515	77
PassMark - G2D Mark	76	262
Geekbench - OpenCL	22124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347	136
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347	136

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200B	RV610
Launch date	23 December 2008	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$359
Place in performance rating	1195	1180
Price now	$179.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	1476 MHz	525 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops	42 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	40
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec	2.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	180 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 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
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	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	159.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit
SLI