AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition

Around 7% higher pipelines: 1440 vs 1344
666.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Pipelines	1440 vs 1344
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 52.2 GTexel / s
Around 18% better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 2,088 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 151 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 52.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops vs 2,088 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark		4427
PassMark - G2D Mark		465
Geekbench - OpenCL		15324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1616

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Kepler
Code name	Cypress	GK104
Launch date	21 August 2012	16 August 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	745
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$321.99
Value for money (0-100)		17.34
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	915 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,088 gflops	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1440	1344
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s	102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	3,540 million
Boost clock speed		980 MHz
CUDA cores		1344
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	Two 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA