GeForce GTX 285 X2 vs GTX 285 Mac Edition

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGT200BGT200B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 January 2009 (16 years ago)17 June 2009 (16 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 cores240240 ×2
Core clock speed648 MHz648 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)204 Watt315 Watt
Texture fill rate51.8451.84 ×2
Floating-point processing power0.7085 TFLOPS0.7085 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs3232 ×2
TMUs8080 ×2
L2 Cache256 KB256 KB

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 2.0 x16
Length267 mm275 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB ×2
Memory bus width512 Bit512 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed1242 MHz1152 MHz
Memory bandwidth159.0 GB/s147.5 GB/s ×2

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.31.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 January 2009 17 June 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 315 Watt

GTX 285 Mac Edition has 54.4% lower power consumption.

GTX 285 X2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition and GeForce GTX 285 X2. We've got no test results to judge.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition
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