The R9 285 averaged 35fps at 1920x1200 in Crysis 3 with all the quality settings turned up. While this was 7% or 2fps faster than the R9 280, it was also 3% slower than the R9 280X and 4% slower than the GTX 760.

The R9 285 was far more capable when playing BioShock Infinite, delivering an average of 66fps to match the R9 280X while being 8% faster than the GTX 760 and 13% faster than the R9 280 that it is replacing.