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    GeForce GTS 160M vs Radeon HD 6850M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 6850M, 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 HD 6850M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 6850M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 6850M 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 HD 6850M here:

    GeForce GTS 160M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6850M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 6850M
    Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR3 DDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTS 160M has 20% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850M.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 6850M have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon HD 6850M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 160M is 925 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850M - by 40 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 2−3
    ultra / 1080p − 0−1
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 1−2 12−14
    medium / 1080p 0−1 3−4
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1200% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 6850M
    Architecture G9x Terascale 2
    Code name N10E-GS1 Granville Pro/LP
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 2 March 2009 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 64 800
    Core clock speed 1500 MHz 575 / 675 MHz
    Transistor count 505 million 1,040 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 19 billion/sec 27.00
    Floating-point performance 192 gflops 1,080.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 4.0 5.0
    OpenGL 2.1 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A 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 large
    Gigaflops 288
    MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
    Power management 8.0
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