Radeon R9 370 1024SP vs GeForce GTX 285

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	770	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.26	no data
Power efficiency	1.33	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GT200B	Trinidad
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 December 2008 (16 years ago)	12 June 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$359	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	240	1024
Core clock speed	648 MHz	925 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	975 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	204 Watt	150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	51.84	62.40
Floating-point processing power	0.7085 TFLOPS	1.997 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	80	64
L1 Cache	no data	256 KB
L2 Cache	256 KB	512 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	159.0 GB/s	179.2 GB/s

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 Connectors	HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 December 2008	12 June 2015
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	204 Watt	150 Watt

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