Radeon Instinct MI250 vs GeForce GTX 285

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking693not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.27no data
Power efficiency1.34no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameGT200BAldebaran
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date23 December 2008 (15 years ago)8 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$359 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores24013312
Core clock speed648 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1700 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)204 Watt500 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate51.841,414
Floating-point processing power0.7085 TFLOPS45.26 TFLOPS
ROPs32no data
TMUs80832

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1242 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth159.0 GB/s3,277 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 ConnectorsHDTVTwo Dual Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)128bitno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)N/A
Shader Model4.0N/A
OpenGL2.1N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 December 2008 8 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 500 Watt

GTX 285 has 145.1% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI250, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 816.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 285 and Radeon Instinct MI250. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 285 is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI250 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
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