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    GeForce GTS 160M vs Radeon HD 7970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 7970M, 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 7970M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 7970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 7970M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon HD 7970M here:

    GeForce GTS 160M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 7970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 7970M has 66% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 160M.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Radeon HD 7970M has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 160M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 160M is 650 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 18−20
    ultra / 1080p − 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 1−2 35−40
    medium / 1080p 0−1 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3600% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 7970M
    Architecture G9x GCN
    Code name N10E-GS1 Wimbledon XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 2 March 2009 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 64 1280
    Core clock speed 1500 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 505 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 19 billion/sec 68.00
    Floating-point performance 192 gflops 2,176 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 4.0 5.1
    OpenGL 2.1 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
    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
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 254 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Gigaflops 288
    MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
    Power management 8.0
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