NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7850

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 7850. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

299
Place in performance rating
317
36.19
Value for money (0-100)
8.71
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GK106
Code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
5 March 2012 (9 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$249
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
$277 (1.1x MSRP)
no data
Design
reference
4.45
Value for money
4.63
GK106
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 7850 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

960
Pipelines
1024
980 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1033 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
2,540 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
140 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
78.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
55.04
1,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,761 gflops
960
CUDA cores
no data
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1033 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
2,540 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
140 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
225 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 7850.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
210 mm
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 2.1 x16
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 7850 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
192-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
144.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 7850, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
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4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 7850 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
-
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
Enduro
-
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 7850. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 7850 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7850 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7850
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

0.93% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (140 Watt vs 225 Watt)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850

Cheaper ($277 (1.1x MSRP) vs $321 (1.4x MSRP))

More pipelines (1024 vs 960)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 144.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7850?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 versus AMD Radeon HD 7850 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
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