NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 85.25 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Around 44% higher pipelines: 1152 vs 800
2.6x better floating-point performance: 2,046 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 32.718 vs 7.457
Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1021.371 vs 512.081
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5983 vs 1643
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3665 vs 3314
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5983 vs 1643
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3665 vs 3314

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 August 2012 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed	823 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	85.25 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1152 vs 800
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.718 vs 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1021.371 vs 512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5983 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3665 vs 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5983 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3665 vs 3314

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3325
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3325

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3325

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.718

7.457

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1021.371

512.081

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5983

1643

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3665

3314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5983

1643

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3665

3314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

3356

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.718	7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1021.371	512.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.143
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	56.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	67.697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5983	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3665	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5983	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3665	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		763
PassMark - G2D Mark		403

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Broadway
Launch date	22 August 2012	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	850	853
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	888 MHz
Core clock speed	823 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1152	800
Texture fill rate	85.25 GTexel / s	20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDMI 1.3a