NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6630M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and AMD Radeon HD 6630M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

768
Place in performance rating
765
G9x
Architecture
Terascale 2
G94
Code name
Whistler
Laptop
Type
Laptop
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
4 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$230
Price now
$338
0.13
Value for money
0.09
N10E-GS1
GPU code name
Whistler-LP
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and AMD Radeon HD 6630M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

64
Pipelines
480
600 MHz
Core clock speed
485 MHz
505 million
Transistor count
716 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
60 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
26 Watt
19 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
12.00
192 gflops
Floating-point performance
480.0 gflops
64
CUDA cores
no data
288
Gigaflops
no data
64
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
505 million
Number of transistors
716 million
60 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
26 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and AMD Radeon HD 6630M.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
large
Laptop size
medium sized
2-way
SLI options
no data
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
MXM 3.0 Type-B
MXM Type
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and AMD Radeon HD 6630M can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
51 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and AMD Radeon HD 6630M, the size and number of monitors.

VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
Display Connectors
No outputs
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and AMD Radeon HD 6630M is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data
+
HybridPower
no data
+
PureVideo HD
no data
8.0
Power management
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and AMD Radeon HD 6630M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
2.1
OpenGL
4.4
N/A
Vulkan
no data
4.0
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and AMD Radeon HD 6630M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M or AMD Radeon HD 6630M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Cheaper ($230 vs $338)

More memory bandwidth (51 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6630M

0.03% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (480 vs 64)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (26 Watt vs 60 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M or AMD Radeon HD 6630M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6630M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M versus AMD Radeon HD 6630M performance benchmarks comparison

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