GeForce GTS 160M vs Radeon HD 4830

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 4830, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTS 160M stacks up against Radeon HD 4830, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTS 160M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTS 160M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTS 160M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 4830
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 95 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4830 has 58% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 160M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 4830 has 511 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 160M.
  • GeForce GTS 160M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 4830 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTS 160M is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon HD 4830 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 160M is 925 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4830.
  • GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 4830 are manufactured by 55 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 0−1
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 10−12
medium / 1080p 0−1 2−3
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4830 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1000% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 4830
Architecture G9x TeraScale
Code name N10E-GS1 RV770
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 2 March 2009 21 October 2008
Pipelines 64 640
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 575 MHz
Transistor count 505 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 19 billion/sec 18.40
Floating-point performance 192 gflops 736.0 gflops
Length 246 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s 57.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.0 4.1
OpenGL 2.1 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 64
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options 2-way
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Laptop size large
Gigaflops 288
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management 8.0
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