NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M vs ATI Radeon X550 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and ATI Radeon X550 XT 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 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 3.8x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 11.9x more texture fill rate: 19 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
  • 12.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 679 vs 56
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 308 vs 224
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 March 2009 vs 24 January 2007
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 19 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 679 vs 56
PassMark - G2D Mark 308 vs 224

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
679
56
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
308
224
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M ATI Radeon X550 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 679 56
PassMark - G2D Mark 308 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3221

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M ATI Radeon X550 XT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla R400
Code name G94 RV410
Launch date 3 March 2009 24 January 2007
Place in performance rating 777 780
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1500 MHz 400 MHz
CUDA cores 64
Floating-point performance 192 gflops
Gigaflops 288
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 64
Texture fill rate 19 billion / sec 1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt
Transistor count 505 million 120 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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 None

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0b
OpenGL 2.1 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 51 GB / s 9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory clock speed 600 MHz

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0
PureVideo HD