GeForce GTS 360M vs Radeon HD 5830

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 5830. 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 360M and Radeon HD 5830. 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.

GeForce GTS 360M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTS 360M 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 360M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTS 360M Radeon HD 5830
Power consumption (TDP) 38 Watt 175 Watt
Interface MXM-II PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5830 has 360% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 360M.
  • GeForce GTS 360M is connected by MXM-II, and Radeon HD 5830 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 5830 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • GeForce GTS 360M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5830 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTS 360M is build with GT2xx architecture, and Radeon HD 5830 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 360M is 636 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5830.
  • GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 5830 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 8−9
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 18−20
medium / 1080p 0−1 10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5830 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1800% more, than GeForce GTS 360M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 360M Radeon HD 5830
Architecture GT2xx TeraScale 2
Code name N11E-GS1 Cypress
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 January 2010 25 February 2010
Pipelines 96 1120
Core clock speed 1436 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 727 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 17.60 44.80
Floating-point performance 275.71 gflops 1,792.0 gflops
Length 282 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.1 5.0
OpenGL 2.1 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 96
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Laptop size large
Gigaflops 413
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management 8.0
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