Radeon R5 (Carrizo) vs GeForce GTX 285M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 285M and Radeon R5 (Carrizo), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 285M
2009
1 GB GDDR3, 75 Watt
1.65

R5 (Carrizo) outperforms GTX 285M by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking905878
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.28no data
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code nameN10E-GTX1Carrizo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2 March 2009 (15 years ago)4 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Current price$111 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128256
CUDA cores128no data
Core clock speed576 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data800 MHz
Number of transistors754 million2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt12-35 Watt
Texture fill rate38 billion/secno data
Floating-point performance384.0 gflopsno data
Gigaflops576no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 285M and Radeon R5 (Carrizo) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no data
SLI options2-wayno data
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno data

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 1020 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth61 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsSingle Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortno data
HDMI+no data
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.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA+no data

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:

900p21
+0%
21−24
+0%
Full HD27
+0%
27−30
+0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−8.3%
12−14
+8.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−8.3%
12−14
+8.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−8.3%
12−14
+8.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 1−2

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 1−2

1440p
Ultra Preset

Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

This is how GTX 285M and R5 (Carrizo) compete in popular games:

  • A tie in 900p
  • A tie in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the R5 (Carrizo) is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 (Carrizo) is ahead in 21 test (40%)
  • there's a draw in 31 test (60%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.65 1.83
Recency 2 March 2009 4 June 2015
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 12 Watt

The Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 285M in performance tests.


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