AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 640

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2051.6x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 19 billion / sec
8x more pipelines: 512 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 352 vs 308
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2142 vs 679

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	512 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	352 vs 308
PassMark - G3D Mark	2142 vs 679

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3221 vs 2775
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3221 vs 2775

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3221 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3221 vs 2775

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

3221

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

3221

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

352

308

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2142

679

Name	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278
Geekbench - OpenCL	11683
PassMark - G2D Mark	352	308
PassMark - G3D Mark	2142	679

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Arctic Islands	G94
Launch date	13 May 2019	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	794	791
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512	64
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Floating-point performance		192 gflops
Gigaflops		288
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	Dual-slot
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD