NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 945M

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 29.81 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
8x more pipelines: 512 vs 64
5x better floating-point performance: 953.9 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2108 vs 679
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 3221
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 3221

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 October 2015 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	512 vs 64
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2108 vs 679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343 vs 3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343 vs 3221

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 308 vs 255

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	308 vs 255

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2108

679

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

308

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3343

3221

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3343

3221

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2108	679
PassMark - G2D Mark	255	308
Geekbench - OpenCL	8099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	380.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	107.094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343	3221

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Tesla
Code name	GM107	G94
Launch date	27 October 2015	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	952	775
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	512	64
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 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
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD