GeForce GTS 160M vs Arc A350M

Place in the ranking	369	926
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Xe HPG (2022−2023)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Alchemist	N10E-GS1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	6	64
CUDA cores	no data	64
Core clock speed	1150 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	505 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt (25 - 35 Watt TGP)	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.20	19.20
Floating-point processing power	1.766 gflops	0.192 gflops
Gigaflops	no data	288
ROPs	24	16
TMUs	48	32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options	-	2-way
MXM Type	no data	MXM 3.0 Type-B

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	Up to 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	51 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

no data

8.0

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.6	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.3	N/A
CUDA	-	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Arc A350M 14.18
+706%

GTS 160M 1.76

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Arc A350M 31023
+682%

GTS 160M 3965

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	36 +800%	4−5 −800%
1440p	17 +750%	2−3 −750%
4K	11 +1000%	1−2 −1000%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

27
+575%

4−5

−575%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +371%	7−8 −371%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35 +775%	4−5 −775%
Battlefield 5	45−50	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +480%	5−6 −480%
Cyberpunk 2077	19 +375%	4−5 −375%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +1000%	3−4 −1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +875%	4−5 −875%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +1450%	6−7 −1450%
Hitman 3	27−30 +350%	6−7 −350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +356%	16−18 −356%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +860%	5−6 −860%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +1200%	3−4 −1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +411%	9−10 −411%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +124%	30−35 −124%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +371%	7−8 −371%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20 +900%	2−3 −900%
Battlefield 5	45−50	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +480%	5−6 −480%
Cyberpunk 2077	16 +300%	4−5 −300%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +1000%	3−4 −1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +875%	4−5 −875%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +1450%	6−7 −1450%
Hitman 3	27−30 +350%	6−7 −350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +356%	16−18 −356%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +860%	5−6 −860%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +1200%	3−4 −1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	53 +489%	9−10 −489%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +183%	12−14 −183%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +124%	30−35 −124%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +371%	7−8 −371%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +480%	5−6 −480%
Cyberpunk 2077	12 +200%	4−5 −200%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +1000%	3−4 −1000%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +1450%	6−7 −1450%
Hitman 3	27−30 +350%	6−7 −350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +356%	16−18 −356%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45 +400%	9−10 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 +58.3%	12−14 −58.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +124%	30−35 −124%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40
+1200%

3−4

−1200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +1300%	2−3 −1300%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +633%	3−4 −633%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +700%	2−3 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +711%	9−10 −711%
Hitman 3	16−18 +143%	7−8 −143%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +480%	5−6 −480%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +733%	3−4 −733%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	37 +825%	4−5 −825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +878%	9−10 −878%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24
+360%

5−6

−360%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Hitman 3	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +788%	8−9 −788%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	15 +1400%	1−2 −1400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +850%	2−3 −850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	19 +850%	2−3 −850%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14
+333%

3−4

−333%

This is how Arc A350M and GTS 160M compete in popular games:

Arc A350M is 800% faster in 1080p
Arc A350M is 750% faster in 1440p
Arc A350M is 1000% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Arc A350M is 1450% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, Arc A350M surpassed GTS 160M in all 51 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.18	1.76
Recency	30 March 2022	2 March 2009
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	6 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	60 Watt

Arc A350M has a 705.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 816.7% more advanced lithography process, and 71.4% lower power consumption.

The Arc A350M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 160M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.