NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GT200B | GF116 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | G200-350-B3 | GF116-400-A1 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 1,170 million |
| Die size | 470 mm² | 238 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jan 15th, 2009 | Mar 15th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 200 | GeForce 500 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 88 in our database | 62 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce 9 | GeForce 400 |
| Successor | GeForce 400 | GeForce 600 |
| Launch price | — | 149 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 648 MHz | 900 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1476 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Memory clock | 1242 MHz 2.5 Gbps effective | 1026 MHz 4.1 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 512 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 159.0 GB/s | 98.50 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 240 | 192 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 80 | 32 |
| ROPs | 32 | 24 |
| SM count | 30 | 4 |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 384 KB |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SM) |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 20.74 GPixel/s | 7.200 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 51.84 GTexel/s | 28.80 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 708.5 GFLOPS | 691.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 88.56 GFLOPS (1:8) | 57.60 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches | 210 mm 8.3 inches |
| TDP | 204 W | 116 W |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | 2x DVI1x mini-HDMI |
| Power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | — | P1050 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
