GeForce GTX 1660 vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 5850 and GeForce GTX 1660, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 5850
2009
1 GB GDDR5, 151 Watt
5.16

GTX 1660 outperforms ATI HD 5850 by a whopping 487% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking621186
Place by popularitynot in top-10039
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.6548.17
Power efficiency2.3417.30
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameCypressTU116
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 September 2009 (15 years ago)14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $219

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 7311% better value for money than ATI HD 5850.

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 cores14401408
Core clock speed725 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1785 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)151 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate52.20157.1
Floating-point processing power2.088 TFLOPS5.027 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs7288

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz2001 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s192.1 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

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.

ATI HD 5850 5.16
GTX 1660 30.28
+487%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 5850 1988
GTX 1660 11669
+487%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

ATI HD 5850 3401
GTX 1660 21064
+519%

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.

ATI HD 5850 13267
GTX 1660 71229
+437%

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:

900p59
−408%
300−350
+408%
Full HD56
−48.2%
83
+48.2%
1440p8−9
−513%
49
+513%
4K4−5
−550%
26
+550%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.342.64
1440p37.384.47
4K74.758.42

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−689%
71
+689%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−364%
65−70
+364%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−1080%
59
+1080%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−662%
95−100
+662%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−564%
73
+564%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−544%
58
+544%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−518%
65−70
+518%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−450%
75−80
+450%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−400%
160−170
+400%
Hitman 3 10−12
−527%
69
+527%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−827%
306
+827%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−1100%
144
+1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−700%
112
+700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−483%
100−110
+483%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−383%
227
+383%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−779%
123
+779%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−740%
42
+740%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−662%
95−100
+662%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−509%
67
+509%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−422%
47
+422%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−518%
65−70
+518%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−450%
75−80
+450%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−400%
160−170
+400%
Hitman 3 10−12
−509%
67
+509%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−770%
287
+770%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−842%
113
+842%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−464%
79
+464%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−511%
110
+511%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−256%
60−65
+256%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−355%
214
+355%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−364%
65−70
+364%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−640%
37
+640%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−345%
49
+345%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−344%
40
+344%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−518%
65−70
+518%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−197%
98
+197%
Hitman 3 10−12
−436%
59
+436%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−182%
93
+182%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−428%
95
+428%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−217%
57
+217%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+62.1%
29
−62.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−479%
81
+479%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−470%
55−60
+470%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−475%
45−50
+475%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−540%
30−35
+540%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 27
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−750%
34
+750%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1100%
24
+1100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1350%
170−180
+1350%
Hitman 3 9−10
−333%
39
+333%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−458%
67
+458%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−1867%
59
+1867%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−900%
40−45
+900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−484%
187
+484%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−489%
53
+489%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−700%
24−27
+700%
Hitman 3 1−2
−2000%
21
+2000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−688%
63
+688%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−2100%
44
+2100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−3400%
35
+3400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−533%
18−20
+533%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−650%
15
+650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−750%
17
+750%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 10
Far Cry 5 3−4
−467%
16−18
+467%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−1150%
50
+1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1100%
12
+1100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−333%
26
+333%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 67
+0%
67
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 36
+0%
36
+0%

This is how ATI HD 5850 and GTX 1660 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 is 408% faster in 900p
  • GTX 1660 is 48% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 is 513% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1660 is 550% faster in 4K

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI HD 5850 is 62% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1660 is 3400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI HD 5850 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • GTX 1660 is ahead in 67 tests (96%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.16 30.28
Recency 30 September 2009 14 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 1660 has a 486.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 25.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1660 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.


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