Radeon HD 4850 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Place in performance ranking	149	773
Place by popularity	34	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	25.86	0.16
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code name	Turing TU116	RV770
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	22 February 2019 (5 years ago)	25 June 2008 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$199
Current price	$284 (1x MSRP)	$138 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 Ti has 16063% better value for money than ATI HD 4850.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	800
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,600 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	169.9	25.00
Floating-point performance	no data	1,000.0 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	246 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin

VRAM Capacity and Type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	993 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	63.55 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.5	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	7.5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1660 Ti 33.40
+1160%

ATI HD 4850 2.65

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 1160% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1660 Ti 12930
+1160%

ATI HD 4850 1026

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 1160% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1660 Ti 61217
+582%

ATI HD 4850 8972

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 582% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1660 Ti 93095
+726%

ATI HD 4850 11272

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 726% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1660 Ti 483604
+563%

ATI HD 4850 72891

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 563% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	350−400 +1150%	28 −1150%
Full HD	105 +163%	40 −163%
1200p	230−240 +1111%	19 −1111%
1440p	59 +1375%	4−5 −1375%
4K	38 +1167%	3−4 −1167%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

78
+1460%

5−6

−1460%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	86 +2767%	3−4 −2767%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	74 +1380%	5−6 −1380%
Battlefield 5	129 +2480%	5−6 −2480%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120 +900%	12−14 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	71 +1320%	5−6 −1320%
Far Cry 5	109 +3533%	3−4 −3533%
Far Cry New Dawn	98 +3167%	3−4 −3167%
Forza Horizon 4	131 +2083%	6−7 −2083%
Hitman 3	100−110 +2000%	5−6 −2000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +1700%	4−5 −1700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	82 +1267%	6−7 −1267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	94 +944%	9−10 −944%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +6200%	1−2 −6200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	72 +2300%	3−4 −2300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55 +1275%	4−5 −1275%
Battlefield 5	112 +2140%	5−6 −2140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	89 +642%	12−14 −642%
Cyberpunk 2077	57 +1040%	5−6 −1040%
Far Cry 5	99 +3200%	3−4 −3200%
Far Cry New Dawn	93 +3000%	3−4 −3000%
Forza Horizon 4	122 +1933%	6−7 −1933%
Hitman 3	100−110 +2000%	5−6 −2000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +1700%	4−5 −1700%
Metro Exodus	55 +1275%	4−5 −1275%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45 +650%	6−7 −650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	82 +811%	9−10 −811%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	116 +1833%	6−7 −1833%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +6200%	1−2 −6200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	53 +1667%	3−4 −1667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50 +1567%	3−4 −1567%
Battlefield 5	102 +1940%	5−6 −1940%
Cyberpunk 2077	46 +820%	5−6 −820%
Far Cry 5	94 +3033%	3−4 −3033%
Far Cry New Dawn	84 +2700%	3−4 −2700%
Forza Horizon 4	97 +1517%	6−7 −1517%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	62 +933%	6−7 −933%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +6200%	1−2 −6200%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	57 +1040%	5−6 −1040%
Hitman 3	60−65 +1100%	5−6 −1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +411%	9−10 −411%
Metro Exodus	33 +3200%	1−2 −3200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	28 +2700%	1−2 −2700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	51 +750%	6−7 −750%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	41	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	36 +1700%	2−3 −1700%
Battlefield 5	76 +1167%	6−7 −1167%
Cyberpunk 2077	27 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Far Cry 5	67 +1575%	4−5 −1575%
Far Cry New Dawn	65 +1200%	5−6 −1200%
Forza Horizon 4	77 +7600%	1−2 −7600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +1400%	3−4 −1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +1300%	2−3 −1300%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	31 +1450%	2−3 −1450%
Hitman 3	30−35 +1000%	3−4 −1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Metro Exodus	21 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	19 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	26 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	43 +1333%	3−4 −1333%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	25 +2400%	1−2 −2400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Battlefield 5	43 +1333%	3−4 −1333%
Cyberpunk 2077	11	0−1
Far Cry 5	35 +775%	4−5 −775%
Far Cry New Dawn	35 +483%	6−7 −483%
Forza Horizon 4	51 +1175%	4−5 −1175%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%

This is how GTX 1660 Ti and ATI HD 4850 compete in popular games:

GTX 1660 Ti is 1150% faster than ATI HD 4850 in 900p
GTX 1660 Ti is 163% faster than ATI HD 4850 in 1080p
GTX 1660 Ti is 1111% faster than ATI HD 4850 in 1200p
GTX 1660 Ti is 1375% faster than ATI HD 4850 in 1440p
GTX 1660 Ti is 1167% faster than ATI HD 4850 in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1660 Ti is 7600% faster than the ATI HD 4850.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GTX 1660 Ti surpassed ATI HD 4850 in all 53 of our tests.

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	33.40	2.65
Recency	22 February 2019	25 June 2008
Cost	$279	$199
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	110 Watt