RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation vs Radeon R9 285

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking314not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.61no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTongaAD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 September 2014 (10 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 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 cores17922560
Core clock speed918 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate102.8162.0

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 4.0 x8
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed5.5 GB/s16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/s192.0 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 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2Portable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.2.1701.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 September 2014 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation has an age advantage of 9 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 442.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 285 and RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 285 is a desktop card while RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation is a notebook one.


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