Ellesmere vs Radeon R9 285

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Combined performance score

R9 285
17.24

Ellesmere outperforms Radeon R9 285 by 13% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking292266
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money16.15no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2017)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameTongaEllesmere
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 September 2014 (9 years old)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data
Current price$85 (0.3x MSRP)$16.24
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores17922304
Core clock speed918 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,000 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Wattno data
Texture fill rate102.8no data
Floating-point performance3,290 gflopsno data

Size and 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 x16no data
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed5.5 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

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 1.2no data
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.1
Vulkan1.2.1701.3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 17.24 19.52
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

The Ellesmere is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 285 in performance tests.


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