AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
6.7x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
32x more pipelines: 2048 vs 64
21.3x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 64
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

2x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 95 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 735 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391
PassMark - G3D Mark		679
PassMark - G2D Mark		308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3221

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Amethyst	G94
Launch date	29 September 2015	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	772	775
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	64
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		288
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD