UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) vs GeForce GTS 160M

Place in the ranking	925	753
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.01	8.61
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	G94	Ice Lake G1 Gen. 11
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 March 2009 (15 years ago)	28 May 2019 (5 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	64	32
Core clock speed	600 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.192 TFLOPS	no data
Gigaflops	288	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	32	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	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
SLI options	2-way	-
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	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	Up to 800 MHz	no data
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 data
HDMI	+	-
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
Quick Sync	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12_1
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	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.

GTS 160M 1.76

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 3.14
+78.4%

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.

GTS 160M 3965

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 8750
+121%

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	7−8 −85.7%	13 +85.7%
4K	5−6 −80%	9 +80%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−50%

6−7
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −14.3%	8 +14.3%
Battlefield 5	0−1	5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −100%	10 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −43.8%	21−24 +43.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −100%	6 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −44.4%	12−14 +44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −14.7%	35−40 +14.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Battlefield 5	0−1	5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Hitman 3	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −43.8%	21−24 +43.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −22.2%	11 +22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −14.7%	35−40 +14.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Hitman 3	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −43.8%	21−24 +43.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −44.4%	13 +44.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +140%	5 −140%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −14.7%	35−40 +14.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−133%

7−8
+133%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −100%	18−20 +100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−20%

6−7
+20%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−100%

2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Metro Exodus	12 +0%	12 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

This is how GTS 160M and UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is 86% faster in 1080p
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is 80% faster in 4K

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTS 160M is 140% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTS 160M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is ahead in 46 tests (79%)
there's a draw in 11 tests (19%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.76	3.14
Recency	3 March 2009	28 May 2019
Chip lithography	65 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	12 Watt

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) has a 78.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 550% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 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.