GeForce GTX 285M SLI vs Radeon R9 M390X

Place in the ranking	467	682
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.61	1.91
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Amethyst	N10E-GTX
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 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	2048	256
Core clock speed	723 MHz	576 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	1508 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	92.54	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.961 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	128	no data

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	large	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1020 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	no data
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	No outputs	no data
Eyefinity	+	-

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	10
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	Not Listed	no data
Vulkan	+	-
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	+

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

130−140
+117%

−117%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16
+114%

7−8

−114%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +83.3%	12−14 −83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +190%	10−11 −190%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +111%	9−10 −111%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +114%	7−8 −114%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +133%	9−10 −133%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +117%	12−14 −117%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +148%	24−27 −148%
Hitman 3	18−20 +80%	10−11 −80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +85.7%	27−30 −85.7%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +222%	9−10 −222%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +136%	10−12 −136%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +93.8%	16−18 −93.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +41.9%	40−45 −41.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +83.3%	12−14 −83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +190%	10−11 −190%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +111%	9−10 −111%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +114%	7−8 −114%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +133%	9−10 −133%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +117%	12−14 −117%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +148%	24−27 −148%
Hitman 3	18−20 +80%	10−11 −80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +85.7%	27−30 −85.7%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +222%	9−10 −222%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +136%	10−12 −136%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +93.8%	16−18 −93.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +62.5%	16−18 −62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +41.9%	40−45 −41.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +83.3%	12−14 −83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +111%	9−10 −111%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +114%	7−8 −114%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +133%	9−10 −133%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +148%	24−27 −148%
Hitman 3	18−20 +80%	10−11 −80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +85.7%	27−30 −85.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +93.8%	16−18 −93.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +62.5%	16−18 −62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +41.9%	40−45 −41.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27
+136%

10−12

−136%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +125%	8−9 −125%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +567%	6−7 −567%
Hitman 3	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +90%	10−11 −90%
Metro Exodus	12−14	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +127%	24−27 −127%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+87.5%

8−9

−87.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Hitman 3	5−6	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +3700%	1−2 −3700%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+80%

5−6

−80%

This is how R9 M390X and GTX 285M SLI compete in popular games:

R9 M390X is 117% faster in 1080p

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M390X is 3700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, R9 M390X surpassed GTX 285M SLI in all 65 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.32	4.14
Recency	5 May 2015	2 March 2009
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt

R9 M390X has a 125.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 M390X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 285M SLI in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.