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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M | ATI Radeon X550 XT |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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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 |
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CUDA | ||
HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
PureVideo HD |