Radeon R9 285 vs GeForce GTX 970

Radeon R9 285
GeForce GTX 970
1792 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
918MHz
1664 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
1178MHz
FP32
3.29 TFLOPS
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
190W
TDP
145W
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 3
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon R 200
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Tonga
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Variant
Tonga Pro
Codename
NV124
GM204
Variant
GM204-200
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
9/2/2014
Release Date
9/18/2014
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
359 mm²
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
5 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.93M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1792 Shaders
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Shading Units
1664 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
104 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
56 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
13 SMs
Compute Units
28 CUs
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918MHz
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1050MHz Base
1178MHz
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FP32
3.29 TFLOPS
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.21 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.12 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
29.376 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
65.968 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
102.816 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
122.512 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
768KB Shared
L2
1.8MB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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4GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1375MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
176GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
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TDP
190W
TDP
145W
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2x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 1.4
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
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Model
VCE 3.0
Model
NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 5.0
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
8
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
221 mm (8.7 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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