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    GeForce GTS 160M vs Radeon HD 8790M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 8790M, 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 8790M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 8790M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 8790M 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 8790M here:

    GeForce GTS 160M Laptops
    Radeon HD 8790M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 8790M
    Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTS 160M is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8790M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
    • Radeon HD 8790M has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 160M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon HD 8790M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 160M is 650 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8790M.
    • GeForce GTS 160M is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8790M - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
    ultra / 1080p − 1−2
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 1−2 14−16
    medium / 1080p 0−1 6−7
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8790M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTS 160M Radeon HD 8790M
    Architecture G9x GCN
    Code name N10E-GS1 Mars XTX
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 2 March 2009 16 November 2012
    Pipelines 64 384
    Core clock speed 1500 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz
    Transistor count 505 million 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 19 billion/sec 21.60
    Floating-point performance 192 gflops 691.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s 64 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 4.0 5.1
    OpenGL 2.1 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    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
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 80 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
    Gigaflops 288
    MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
    Power management 8.0
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