GeForce GTX 285M SLI vs Radeon R9 M370X

Place in the ranking	694	688
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.91
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	N10E-GTX
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	19 May 2015 (9 years ago)	2 March 2009 (15 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 cores	640	256
Core clock speed	800 MHz	576 MHz
Number of transistors	1500 Million	1508 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt

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).

Laptop size

medium sized

large

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1020 MHz
Shared memory	-	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 11_1)	10
CUDA	-	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

R9 M370X 4.05

GTX 285M SLI 4.15
+2.5%

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3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution.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.

R9 M370X 13155
+17.1%

GTX 285M SLI 11233

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:

Full HD

−71.4%

60
+71.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

+0%

7−8

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −4.2%	24−27 +4.2%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −3.7%	27−30 +3.7%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −4.2%	24−27 +4.2%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −3.7%	27−30 +3.7%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40 +150%	16−18 −150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −4.2%	24−27 +4.2%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −3.7%	27−30 +3.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8 −100%	16−18 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−10%

10−12
+10%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −4%	24−27 +4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

+0%

8−9

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	0−1	1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

+0%

5−6

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Metro Exodus

0−1

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

This is how R9 M370X and GTX 285M SLI compete in popular games:

GTX 285M SLI is 71% faster in 1080p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M370X is 150% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 285M SLI is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games: