RTX A5000 vs GeForce GTX 285M SLI

Place in the ranking	696	40
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.91	17.66
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	N10E-GTX	GA102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores	256	8192
Core clock speed	576 MHz	1170 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	1508 Million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	230 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	433.9
Floating-point processing power	no data	27.77 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	96
TMUs	no data	256
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	64

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1020 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	768.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

no data

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	10	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−1304%

800−850
+1304%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −1317%	170−180 +1317%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1289%	250−260 +1289%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 −1257%	95−100 +1257%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
Valorant	10−11 −1300%	140−150 +1300%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −1317%	170−180 +1317%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Dota 2	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −1281%	290−300 +1281%
Fortnite	24−27 −1150%	300−310 +1150%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1289%	250−260 +1289%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 −1257%	95−100 +1257%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 −1289%	500−550 +1289%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1257%	190−200 +1257%
Valorant	10−11 −1300%	140−150 +1300%
World of Tanks	70−75 −1257%	950−1000 +1257%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −1317%	170−180 +1317%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Dota 2	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −1281%	290−300 +1281%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1289%	250−260 +1289%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 −1257%	95−100 +1257%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 −1289%	500−550 +1289%
Valorant	10−11 −1300%	140−150 +1300%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Dota 2	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −1150%	350−400 +1150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
World of Tanks	27−30 −1279%	400−450 +1279%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −1300%	70−75 +1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1300%	70−75 +1300%
Forza Horizon 5	5−6 −1300%	70−75 +1300%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −1257%	95−100 +1257%
Valorant	12−14 −1317%	170−180 +1317%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −1275%	220−230 +1275%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −1275%	220−230 +1275%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1317%	170−180 +1317%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −1275%	220−230 +1275%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Dota 2	16−18 −1275%	220−230 +1275%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Fortnite	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Valorant	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%

This is how GTX 285M SLI and RTX A5000 compete in popular games:

RTX A5000 is 1304% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.11	58.37
Recency	2 March 2009	12 April 2021
Chip lithography	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	230 Watt

GTX 285M SLI has 53.3% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000, on the other hand, has a 1320.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 285M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 285M SLI is a notebook card while RTX A5000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.