ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5870

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
3.6x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
25x more pipelines: 1600 vs 64
14.2x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2213 vs 679
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 308
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3221
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3221

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 September 2009 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	1600 vs 64
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2213 vs 679
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 vs 308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 3221

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 850 MHz
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 188 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 850 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 188 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5870
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2213

679

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

413

308

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3221

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3221

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5870	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2213	679
PassMark - G2D Mark	413	308
Geekbench - OpenCL	1857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	245.813
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	3221
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5870	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cypress	G94
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	23 September 2009	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	782	784
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1600	64
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	188 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		288
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD