GeForce GTX 285 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 285 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 285 stacks up against Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 285 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce GTX 285 has 1600% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • GeForce GTX 285 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 285 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 285 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 3−4
ultra / 1080p 4−5 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 14−16
medium / 1080p 9−10 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 285 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 285 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GT200B Bristol Ridge
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 23 December 2008 1 June 2016
Pipelines 240 384
Core clock speed 1476 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 51.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 708.5 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 512 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1242 MHz
Memory bandwidth 159.0 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 2.1
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 240
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Laptop size medium sized
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit
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