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    GeForce GTS 160M vs Radeon RX 540

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon RX 540, 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 RX 540, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon RX 540 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon RX 540 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 540 here:

    GeForce GTS 160M Laptops
    Radeon RX 540 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Radeon RX 540
    Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 65 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon RX 540 has 8% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 160M.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 540 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon RX 540 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 160M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon RX 540 - with Polaris.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 540 - by 14 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
    ultra / 1080p − 8−9
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
    low / 720p 1−2 30−33
    medium / 1080p 0−1 18−20
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 540 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3000% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Radeon RX 540
    Architecture G9x Polaris
    Code name N10E-GS1 Polaris 12
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 2 March 2009 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 64 512
    Core clock speed 1500 MHz
    Boost Clock 1219 MHz
    Transistor count 505 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 19 billion/sec 39.01
    Floating-point performance 192 gflops 1,248 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s 96 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12.0
    Shader Model 4.0 5.0
    OpenGL 2.1 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    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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