GeForce GTS 160M vs Radeon HD 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics, 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 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics 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 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 160M is 780 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics.
  • GeForce GTS 160M is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics - by 32 / 28 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 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1000% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 8650G plus HD 8670M Dual Graphics
Architecture G9x
Code name N10E-GS1
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 2 March 2009 1 August 2013
Pipelines 64 768
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 720 / 775 MHz
Transistor count 505 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 32 / 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 192 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 2.1
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan 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 medium sized
Gigaflops 288
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management 8.0
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