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AMD logo Radeon R9 285
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 960

AMD Radeon R9 285 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 logo
General information Radeon R9 285 GeForce GTX 960
Launched Q1 2015 Q1 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 50 % 4096 MB 0 %
Core Clock 918 MHz 18.5 % 1127 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 5600 MHz 22.2 % 7200 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 120 W 36.8 %
Length 270 mm 10 % 300 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Frame Sync FreeSync G-Sync
Performance Radeon R9 285 GeForce GTX 960
Overall Score 39758 0 % 39608 0.4 %
Future Proof 38 % 0 % 38 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 15807 0 % 15688 0.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 649.1 2.9 % 668.6 0 %
Average DirectX performance 52.5 FPS 0 % 48.4 FPS 7.8 %
DirectX 9 performance 98.2 FPS 1.5 % 99.7 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 30 FPS 0 % 23.8 FPS 20.6 %
DirectX 11 performance 43.4 FPS 0 % 41.7 FPS 4 %
DirectX 12 performance 38.2 FPS 0 % 28.2 FPS 26.2 %
Graphic card computing 2415.5 operations/s 12.6 % 2763.1 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 285, GeForce GTX 960.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 285 GeForce GTX 960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 86.4 FPS 86.0 FPS
High settings 155.4 FPS 154.8 FPS
Medium settings 186.5 FPS 185.7 FPS
Low settings 261.1 FPS 260.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 285, GeForce GTX 960.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 285 GeForce GTX 960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 66.6 FPS 66.3 FPS
High settings 119.8 FPS 119.3 FPS
Medium settings 143.8 FPS 143.2 FPS
Low settings 201.3 FPS 200.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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