GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon HD 7850
Summary
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660
112%
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 12% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7850 |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660
The GeForce GTX 660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (62 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 860 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 130 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 5 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Points (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
53.7
Radeon HD 7850
50.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
68.5
Radeon HD 7850
59.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
49.7
Radeon HD 7850
43.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 660
43
Radeon HD 7850
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 660
50
Radeon HD 7850
37
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
88.6
Radeon HD 7850
66.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
38.4
Radeon HD 7850
34.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
46.1
Radeon HD 7850
40.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
111.9
Radeon HD 7850
90.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
46.1
Radeon HD 7850
34.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
70.5
Radeon HD 7850
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
42
Radeon HD 7850
40
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
51.1
Radeon HD 7850
48.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
39
Radeon HD 7850
35
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
21.7
Radeon HD 7850
21.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 660
32
Radeon HD 7850
27
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
46.9
Radeon HD 7850
46.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
43.9
Radeon HD 7850
46
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
65.7
Radeon HD 7850
57.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
166.8
Radeon HD 7850
129.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
59.1
Radeon HD 7850
56.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
41
Radeon HD 7850
28.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
46.4
Radeon HD 7850
42.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
72
Radeon HD 7850
66.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
32.8
Radeon HD 7850
31.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
41.5
Radeon HD 7850
37.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
30.2
Radeon HD 7850
26.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
54.7
Radeon HD 7850
41
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
23.2
Radeon HD 7850
21.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
26.9
Radeon HD 7850
24.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
75.9
Radeon HD 7850
64.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
30.4
Radeon HD 7850
23.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
49.7
Radeon HD 7850
44.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
34.2
Radeon HD 7850
32.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
16.9
Radeon HD 7850
15.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
26.9
Radeon HD 7850
28.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
27.9
Radeon HD 7850
29.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
40.6
Radeon HD 7850
36.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
109.5
Radeon HD 7850
87.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
42.6
Radeon HD 7850
41.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
24.6
Radeon HD 7850
17.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
30.4
Radeon HD 7850
28.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
49.9
Radeon HD 7850
45.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
21.8
Radeon HD 7850
20.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
26.8
Radeon HD 7850
24.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
20
Radeon HD 7850
18.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
36.6
Radeon HD 7850
26.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
14.5
Radeon HD 7850
13.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
17.8
Radeon HD 7850
15.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
25.5
Radeon HD 7850
19.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
40.3
Radeon HD 7850
34.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
24.5
Radeon HD 7850
25
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
12
Radeon HD 7850
11.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
17.6
Radeon HD 7850
52.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
18.1
Radeon HD 7850
19.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
25.4
Radeon HD 7850
23.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
32.3
Radeon HD 7850
32
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
14.9
Radeon HD 7850
9.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
19.8
Radeon HD 7850
18.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
35.9
Radeon HD 7850
30.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
31
Radeon HD 7850
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
27
Radeon HD 7850
28
FPS (higher is better)