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GeForce GTX 285 2GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Intro
The GeForce GTX 285 2GB comes with core clock speeds of 648 MHz on the GPU, and 1242 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 32 ROPs.Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 822 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1002 MHz on this particular card. It features 384 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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170 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 285 2GB |
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204 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 285 2GB should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti overall. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 285 2GB |
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158976 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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128256 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be a little bit (more or less 1%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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52608 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 285 2GB |
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51840 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the winner, and very much so. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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26304 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 285 2GB |
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20736 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 285 2GB | GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | January 15, 2009 | January 2011 |
| Code Name | G200b | GF114 |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 648 MHz | 822 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 2484 MHz | 4008 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 204 watts | 170 watts |
| Bandwidth | 158976 MB/sec | 128256 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 51840 Mtexels/sec | 52608 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 20736 Mpixels/sec | 26304 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 240 | 384 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 80 | 64 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 1400 million | 1950 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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Comments
One Response to “GeForce GTX 285 2GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti”I find it interesting that the older 285 still fares pretty well against newer cards. It seems that if you are not going for ultra high res, the 285 is still capable. I wonder where you start to draw the line... 1920 x 1080? 2560 x 1440?
Right now 1920 x 1080 seems to be good with my 285. Perhaps there will be a steep dropoff above that.