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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

ATI Radeon X550 XT

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

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	775	778
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