NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1476 MHz
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 204 Watt
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 68
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2010 vs 23 December 2008
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1476 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 204 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 vs 68

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

  • Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 38 billion / sec
  • Around 88% higher pipelines: 240 vs 128
  • Around 85% better floating-point performance: 708.5 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1501 vs 636
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 2172
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 2172
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 51.8 billion / sec vs 38 billion / sec
Pipelines 240 vs 128
Floating-point performance 708.5 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1501 vs 636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3347 vs 2172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3347 vs 2172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
636
1501
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
128
68
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2172
3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2172
3347
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
PassMark - G3D Mark 636 1501
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 68
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2172 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2172 3347
Geekbench - OpenCL 22124

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla 2.0
Code name G92 GT200B
Launch date 1 February 2010 23 December 2008
Place in performance rating 1304 1191
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $359
Price now $179.99
Value for money (0-100) 9.17

Technical info

Core clock speed 1500 MHz 1476 MHz
CUDA cores 128 240
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops 708.5 gflops
Gigaflops 576
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 128 240
Texture fill rate 38 billion / sec 51.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 204 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 1,400 million
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF S / PDIF
Display Connectors Single Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options 2-way 2-way3-way
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 61 GB / s 159.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory clock speed 1242 MHz

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0
3D Vision
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit
SLI