Radeon HD 6850 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Summary
Radeon HD 6850
100%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
230%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6850
100%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
193%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6850 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 Ti |
| 93% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660 Ti
The GeForce GTX 660 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (39 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 | | GeForce GTX 660 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts PRO) | vs | GK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 1344 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 7 |
| Core clock | 775 MHz | vs | 915 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 | | GeForce GTX 660 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6850 | | GeForce GTX 660 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 127 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 16 Aug 2012 |
Radeon HD 6850
24.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
25.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
37.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
102.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
128.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
1488.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2460.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
3810
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
8790
Points (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
36.8
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
62.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
40.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
72.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
25.2
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
58.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
52.3
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
95.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
25.9
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
44.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
26.4
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
52.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
71.9
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
134.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
25.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
56
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
43.1
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
78.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
29.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
61.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6850
20
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
43
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
15.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
22.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
32.5
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
58.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
31.6
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
52.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
39.9
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
76.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
93.5
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
180
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
40.1
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
63.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
22.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
51.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
23
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
51.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
44.9
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
84.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
23
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
37.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
25.3
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
43.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
10.1
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
35.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
32.6
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
60.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
15.8
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
27
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
16.1
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
30.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
49.4
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
93.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
17.6
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
37.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
30.1
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
56.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
20.3
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
41.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
10.3
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
17.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
19
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
34.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
18
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
33.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
24
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
46.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
68.8
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
123.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
26.9
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
45.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
13.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
30.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
15.3
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
33.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
31.6
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
58.7
FPS (higher is better)