Radeon HD 8310G vs GeForce GTS 160M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	884	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.15	no data
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	N10E-GS1	Trinity
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	23 May 2013 (10 years ago)
Current price	$230	$338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	128
CUDA cores	64	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	424 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	554 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	19 billion/sec	5.760
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	288	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 160M and Radeon HD 8310G compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

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

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	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	Up to 800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	51 GB/s	no data
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	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	2.1	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 March 2009	23 May 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	55 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	20 Watt

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