Radeon R9 285X vs GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking423not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.25no data
Power efficiency3.11no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK110BTonga
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 September 2013 (11 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 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 cores23042048
Core clock speed863 MHz1002 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate173.2128.3
Floating-point processing power4.156 TFLOPS4.104 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs192128

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 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB3 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x 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_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.170
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 200 Watt

R9 285X has 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and Radeon R9 285X. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
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AMD Radeon R9 285X
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