NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 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 X1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 475 MHz
10x more texture fill rate: 19 billion / sec vs 1.9 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 64 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 679 vs 105
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 308 vs 228

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	19 billion / sec vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	679 vs 105
PassMark - G2D Mark	308 vs 228

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

679

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

308

228

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	679	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	308	228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3221

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G94	M66
Launch date	3 March 2009	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	791	793
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	475 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	192 gflops
Gigaflops	288
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	64	12
Texture fill rate	19 billion / sec	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		475 MHz
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 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	400 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD
Powerplay 6.0