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    GeForce GTS 160M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTS 160M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5. 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5. 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTS 160M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 here:

    GeForce GTS 160M Laptops
    Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTS 160M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is build with G9x architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 160M is 546 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 9−10
    ultra / 1080p − 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 1−2 21−24
    medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5
    Architecture G9x Maxwell
    Code name N10E-GS1 Surface Book
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 2 March 2009 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 64 384
    Core clock speed 1500 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 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 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), 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
    Optimus +
    Gigaflops 288
    MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
    Power management 8.0
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