Radeon R9 285X vs GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK208Tonga
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3842048
Core clock speed902 MHz1002 MHz
Number of transistors915 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate28.86128.3
Floating-point processing power0.6927 TFLOPS4.104 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs32128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s264.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.170
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 200 Watt

GT 630 Rev. 2 has 700% lower power consumption.

R9 285X, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 and Radeon R9 285X. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2
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