GeForce GTS 160M and GeForce 9600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTS 160M vs GeForce 9600M GT
GeForce GTS 160M
698
GeForce 9600M GT
139
GeForce GTS 160M
GeForce 9600M GT
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
N10E-GS1
NB9P-GS
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2009
June 2008
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
2-way
-
MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
120 MHz
CUDA cores
64
32
Floating-point performance
192 gflops
80 gflops
Gigaflops
288
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
505 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
64
32
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
19 billion/sec
8.000
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
Up to 800 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
51 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Power management
8.0
-