GeForce GTS 160M vs Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri, 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 R7 384 Cores Kaveri, check out specs charts below.
Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri

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 R7 384 Cores Kaveri
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTS 160M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTS 160M is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 160M is 780 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri.
  • GeForce GTS 160M is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 7−8
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 18−20
medium / 1080p 0−1 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1800% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 160M Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri
Architecture G9x GCN
Code name N10E-GS1 Kaveri Spectre
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 2 March 2009 14 January 2014
Pipelines 64 384
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 720 MHz
Transistor count 505 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 192 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.2
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
Gigaflops 288
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management 8.0
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