Radeon R7 M265 vs GeForce GTX 285M

Place in performance ranking	899	953
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.26	0.03
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	N10E-GTX1	Opal XT / Mars
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	7 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Current price	$111	$585

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 285M has 767% better value for money than R7 M265.

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 cores	128	384
CUDA cores	128	no data
Compute units	no data	6
Core clock speed	576 MHz	825 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	825 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	38 billion/sec	23.52
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	633.6 gflops
Gigaflops	576	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 285M and Radeon R7 M265 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 size	large	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
SLI options	2-way	no data
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	no data

Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 1020 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	61 GB/s	32 GB/s
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 Connectors	Single Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
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.

AppAcceleration	no data	-
Enduro	no data	-
FreeSync	no data	1
HD3D	no data	+
PowerTune	no data	+
DualGraphics	no data	1
TrueAudio	no data	-
ZeroCore	no data	+
Switchable graphics	no data	1
Power management	8.0	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	DirectX® 11
Shader Model	4.0	6.3
OpenGL	2.1	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	Not Listed
Vulkan	N/A	no data
Mantle	no data	+
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 285M 1.64
+16.3%

R7 M265 1.41

GeForce GTX 285M outperforms Radeon R7 M265 by 16% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 285M 636
+16.7%

R7 M265 545

GeForce GTX 285M outperforms Radeon R7 M265 by 17% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 285M 6498
+5.2%

R7 M265 6175

GeForce GTX 285M outperforms Radeon R7 M265 by 5% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p	21 +16.7%	18−20 −16.7%
Full HD	30 +114%	14 −114%

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	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −80%	9 +80%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how GTX 285M and R7 M265 compete in popular games:

GTX 285M is 16.7% faster than R7 M265 in 900p
GTX 285M is 114% faster than R7 M265 in 1080p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 285M is 100% faster than the R7 M265.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R7 M265 is 80% faster than the GTX 285M.

All in all, in popular games: