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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

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	778	780
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