GeForce GTS 160M vs Arc A350M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Arc A350M and GeForce GTS 160M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Arc A350M outperforms GTS 160M by a whopping 731% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 359 | 927 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 40.28 | 2.02 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | DG2-128 | G94 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 30 March 2022 (2 years ago) | 3 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 | 768 | 64 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1150 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 505 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 55.20 | 19.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.766 TFLOPS | 0.192 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | no data | 288 |
| ROPs | 24 | 16 |
| TMUs | 48 | 32 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 6 | no data |
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 | 1750 MHz | Up to 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 112.0 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 3D 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.
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.
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 | 35
+775%
| 4−5
−775%
|
| 1440p | 16
+1500%
| 1−2
−1500%
|
| 4K | 8 | 0−1 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+189%
|
9−10
−189%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 27
+575%
|
4−5
−575%
|
| Elden Ring | 22
+1000%
|
2−3
−1000%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+1500%
|
3−4
−1500%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+189%
|
9−10
−189%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 9
+125%
|
4−5
−125%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 66
+560%
|
10−11
−560%
|
| Metro Exodus | 40−45
+3900%
|
1−2
−3900%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40
+350%
|
8−9
−350%
|
| Valorant | 56
+833%
|
6−7
−833%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+1500%
|
3−4
−1500%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+189%
|
9−10
−189%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8
+100%
|
4−5
−100%
|
| Dota 2 | 38
+1167%
|
3−4
−1167%
|
| Elden Ring | 42
+2000%
|
2−3
−2000%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 27
+125%
|
12−14
−125%
|
| Fortnite | 80−85
+925%
|
8−9
−925%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 53
+430%
|
10−11
−430%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 26
+767%
|
3−4
−767%
|
| Metro Exodus | 40−45
+3900%
|
1−2
−3900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 100−110
+489%
|
18−20
−489%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40
+350%
|
8−9
−350%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45−50
+463%
|
8−9
−463%
|
| Valorant | 55−60
+867%
|
6−7
−867%
|
| World of Tanks | 190−200
+446%
|
35−40
−446%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+1500%
|
3−4
−1500%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+189%
|
9−10
−189%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6
+50%
|
4−5
−50%
|
| Dota 2 | 59
+1867%
|
3−4
−1867%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 50−55
+350%
|
12−14
−350%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45
+350%
|
10−11
−350%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 100−110
+489%
|
18−20
−489%
|
| Valorant | 55−60
+867%
|
6−7
−867%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 10
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Elden Ring | 17
+1600%
|
1−2
−1600%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 120−130
+1055%
|
10−12
−1055%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 12−14
+1200%
|
1−2
−1200%
|
| World of Tanks | 100−110
+827%
|
10−12
−827%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+867%
|
3−4
−867%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+44.4%
|
9−10
−44.4%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−12
+450%
|
2−3
−450%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 35−40
+483%
|
6−7
−483%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 37
+825%
|
4−5
−825%
|
| Metro Exodus | 30−35
+967%
|
3−4
−967%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 18−20
+500%
|
3−4
−500%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
+414%
|
7−8
−414%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Dota 2 | 11
−45.5%
|
16−18
+45.5%
|
| Elden Ring | 3 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 11
−36.4%
|
14−16
+36.4%
|
| Metro Exodus | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 40−45
+760%
|
5−6
−760%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 9−10
+800%
|
1−2
−800%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 11
−36.4%
|
14−16
+36.4%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+1300%
|
1−2
−1300%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
| Dota 2 | 24−27
+62.5%
|
16−18
−62.5%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 18−20
+1700%
|
1−2
−1700%
|
| Fortnite | 16−18
+750%
|
2−3
−750%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 19
+850%
|
2−3
−850%
|
| Valorant | 16−18
+700%
|
2−3
−700%
|
This is how Arc A350M and GTS 160M compete in popular games:
- Arc A350M is 775% faster in 1080p
- Arc A350M is 1500% faster in 1440p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Arc A350M is 3900% faster.
- in Dota 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTS 160M is 45% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Arc A350M is ahead in 46 tests (94%)
- GTS 160M is ahead in 3 tests (6%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 14.63 | 1.76 |
| Recency | 30 March 2022 | 3 March 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 60 Watt |
Arc A350M has a 731.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 983.3% more advanced lithography process, and 140% 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.
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