NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP 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 2600 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 594 MHz
10.9x more texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 4.75 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 240 vs 120
5x better floating-point performance: 708.5 gflops vs 142.56 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 792 MHz
13.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1501 vs 110

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 December 2008 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec vs 4.75 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 120
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops vs 142.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz vs 792 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1501 vs 110

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

5.8x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 204 Watt
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 137 vs 68

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 204 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	137 vs 68

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1501

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

137

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	1501	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	68	137
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 HD 2600 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200B	RV630
Launch date	23 December 2008	28 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$359
Place in performance rating	1191	1192
Price now	$179.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	1476 MHz	594 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops	142.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	120
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec	4.75 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	390 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	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	159.0 GB / s	12.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz	792 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit
SLI