ATI Radeon HD 4770 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4770 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 Radeon HD 4770

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4770

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 640 vs 64
5x better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 898 vs 679
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8618 vs 3221
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8618 vs 3221

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2009 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 64
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	898 vs 679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8618 vs 3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8618 vs 3221

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

2x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 80 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 308 vs 97

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 750 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	308 vs 97

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4770
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

898

679

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

308

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8618

3221

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8618

3221

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4770	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
PassMark - G3D Mark	898	679
PassMark - G2D Mark	97	308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8618	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8618	3221

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4770	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV740	G94
Launch date	28 April 2009	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	783	784
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	64
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	826 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		288
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	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
Length	203 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
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	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD