GeForce GTS 160M vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, 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 R5 Bristol Ridge, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTS 160M Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTS 160M has 400% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTS 160M is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTS 160M is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - 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 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce GTS 160M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 160M Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture G9x GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name N10E-GS1 Bristol Ridge
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 2 March 2009 1 June 2016
Pipelines 64 384
Core clock speed 1500 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 505 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 192 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory bandwidth 51 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_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 medium sized
Gigaflops 288
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management 8.0
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