NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
VS
NVIDIA Quadro P520
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
VS
NVIDIA Quadro P520

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and NVIDIA Quadro P520. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

768
Place in performance rating
454
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Value for money (0-100)
1.66
G9x
Architecture
Pascal
G94
Code name
no data
Laptop
Type
Mobile workstation
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
27 May 2019 (2 years ago)
$230
Price now
$1670
0.13
Value for money
1.94
N10E-GS1
GPU code name
GP108
Laptop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and NVIDIA Quadro P520 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

64
Pipelines
384
600 MHz
Core clock speed
1303 MHz
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Boost Clock
1493 MHz
505 million
Transistor count
no data
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
60 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
19 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
35.83
192 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
64
CUDA cores
no data
288
Gigaflops
no data
64
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
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Boost clock speed
1493 MHz
505 million
Number of transistors
1,800 million
60 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
18 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and NVIDIA Quadro P520.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
large
2-way
SLI options
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PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
MXM 3.0 Type-B
MXM Type
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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 NVIDIA Quadro P520 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
51 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and NVIDIA Quadro P520, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and NVIDIA Quadro P520 is the additional functionality.

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Multi Monitor
+
+
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 NVIDIA Quadro P520. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
DirectX 12_1
2.1
OpenGL
no data
N/A
Vulkan
+
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 NVIDIA Quadro P520 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 NVIDIA Quadro P520 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
NVIDIA Quadro P520
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
NVIDIA Quadro P520
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
NVIDIA Quadro P520
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
NVIDIA Quadro P520
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
NVIDIA Quadro P520
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 $1670)

More memory bandwidth (51 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro P520

6.96% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 64)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 55 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M or NVIDIA Quadro P520?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro P520 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M versus NVIDIA Quadro P520 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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