NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

GeForce GTS 160M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 3 March 2009. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G94.

Core clock speed - 1500 MHz. Texture fill rate - 19 billion / sec. Pipelines - 64. Floating-point performance - 192 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 505 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 60 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory bandwidth - 51 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
679
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
308
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3221 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3221.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 679
PassMark - G2D Mark 308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3221 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3221.000 Fps

Games performance

Left 4 Dead (2008)

Low, 640x480141.60
High, 1024x768103.00

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x76888.00
Medium, 1024x76851.00
High, 1024x76834.00

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Medium, 1024x76829.00
High, 1024x76826.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768153.50

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G94
Launch date 3 March 2009
Place in performance rating 775
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1500 MHz
CUDA cores 64
Floating-point performance 192 gflops
Gigaflops 288
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm
Pipelines 64
Texture fill rate 19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt
Transistor count 505 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 51 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0
PureVideo HD