NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.5x more texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 640 vs 64
7.8x better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3374 vs 679
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3221
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3221

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	47.04 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 64
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3374 vs 679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3221

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1096 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 308 vs 245

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1096 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	308 vs 245

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3374

679

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

245

308

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3221

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3221

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3374	679
PassMark - G2D Mark	245	308
Geekbench - OpenCL	10982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3221
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1231

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Tesla
Code name	GM107	G94
Launch date	13 March 2015	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	772	775
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	1500 MHz
CUDA cores	640	64
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	64
Texture fill rate	47.04 GTexel / s	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	505 million
Gigaflops		288
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD