GeForce GTS 160M vs Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 5850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 5850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 151% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 160M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 5850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • GeForce GTS 160M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5850 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTS 160M is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 160M is 775 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTS 160M is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 21−24
medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 5850
Architecture G9x Terascale 2
Code name N10E-GS1 Cypress
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 2 March 2009 30 September 2009
Pipelines 64 1440
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 505 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19 billion/sec 52.20
Floating-point performance 192 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
OpenGL 2.1 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
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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