NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 19 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 679 vs 401

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	19 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	679 vs 401

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

5x more pipelines: 320 vs 64
Around 67% better floating-point performance: 320.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 60 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 308
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3262 vs 3221
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3262 vs 3221

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 64
Floating-point performance	320.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3262 vs 3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3262 vs 3221

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

679

401

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

308

320

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3221

3262

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3221

3262

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark	679	401
PassMark - G2D Mark	308	320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3221	3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3221	3262

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G94	M96
Launch date	3 March 2009	9 January 2009
Place in performance rating	791	792
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	320.0 gflops
Gigaflops	288
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	64	320
Texture fill rate	19 billion / sec	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay