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    GeForce GTS 160M vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon RX 480 mobile. 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 RX 480 mobile. 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.
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    GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon RX 480 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon RX 480 mobile 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 RX 480 mobile here:

    GeForce GTS 160M Laptops
    Radeon RX 480 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Radeon RX 480 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 66% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 160M.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 7 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 160M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 12−14
    ultra / 1080p − 7−8
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 1−2 27−30
    medium / 1080p 0−1 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 480 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2700% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Radeon RX 480 mobile
    Architecture G9x Polaris
    Code name N10E-GS1 Polaris
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 2 March 2009 1 August 2016
    Pipelines 64 2304
    Core clock speed 1500 MHz
    Boost Clock 1077 MHz
    Transistor count 505 million 5,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 19 billion/sec 155.1
    Floating-point performance 192 gflops 4,963 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 8000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 4.0 6.4
    OpenGL 2.1 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 2.0
    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
    Laptop size large large
    Gigaflops 288
    MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
    Power management 8.0
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