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
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M | ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | TeraScale |
Code name | G94 | R600 |
Launch date | 3 March 2009 | 6 November 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 777 | 779 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |
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HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
PureVideo HD |