ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860

Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 640 vs 64
4.3x better floating-point performance: 832.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm

Texture fill rate	20.8 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 64
Floating-point performance	832.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

2.3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 650 MHz

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 650 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
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)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	M97	G94
Launch date	3 March 2009	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	778
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	832.0 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	64
Texture fill rate	20.8 GTexel / s	19 billion / sec
Transistor count	826 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		288
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		60 Watt
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	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CrossFire
Powerplay
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD