NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 601 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 19 billion / sec vs 7.21 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 679 vs 292
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3221 vs 2648
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3221 vs 2648
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 March 2009 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 601 MHz
Texture fill rate 19 billion / sec vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 679 vs 292
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3221 vs 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3221 vs 2648

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

  • 3.8x more pipelines: 240 vs 64
  • Around 50% better floating-point performance: 288.48 gflops vs 192 gflops
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 344 vs 308
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 240 vs 64
Floating-point performance 288.48 gflops vs 192 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 344 vs 308

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
679
292
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
308
344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3221
2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3221
2648
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 679 292
PassMark - G2D Mark 308 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3221 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3221 2648

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla TeraScale
Code name G94 R600
Launch date 3 March 2009 6 November 2007
Place in performance rating 775 777
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1500 MHz 601 MHz
CUDA cores 64
Floating-point performance 192 gflops 288.48 gflops
Gigaflops 288
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 64 240
Texture fill rate 19 billion / sec 7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 505 million 720 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 51 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0
PureVideo HD