GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Place in the ranking	910	249
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	69.08
Power efficiency	4.38	26.31
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Broadway	TU116
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	800	1536
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1335 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.00	128.2
Floating-point processing power	0.8 TFLOPS	4.101 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	48
TMUs	40	96

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).

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

ATI Mobility HD 5850 1.91

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 22.93
+1101%

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.

ATI Mobility HD 5850 5592

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 31845
+470%

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	19 −1058%	220−230 +1058%
Full HD	23 −239%	78 +239%
4K	2−3 −1600%	34 +1600%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.94
4K	no data	6.74

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −320%	40−45 +320%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −820%	45−50 +820%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2267%	70−75 +2267%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −320%	40−45 +320%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −820%	45−50 +820%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −800%	95−100 +800%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −3950%	81 +3950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1050%	92 +1050%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2733%	85 +2733%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −320%	40−45 +320%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −820%	45−50 +820%
Dota 2	4−5 −2125%	89 +2125%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −377%	62 +377%
Fortnite	9−10 −1200%	110−120 +1200%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −800%	95−100 +800%
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5 −2075%	87 +2075%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −2750%	57 +2750%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −805%	172 +805%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −375%	38 +375%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −813%	70−75 +813%
World of Tanks	35−40 −570%	240−250 +570%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2267%	70−75 +2267%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −320%	40−45 +320%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −820%	45−50 +820%
Dota 2	4−5 −2050%	86 +2050%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −800%	117 +800%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −800%	95−100 +800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −679%	140−150 +679%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	35−40
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1238%	170−180 +1238%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
World of Tanks	12−14 −1175%	150−160 +1175%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −533%	18−20 +533%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −983%	65−70 +983%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −560%	30−35 +560%
Valorant	7−8 −771%	60−65 +771%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −111%	18−20 +111%
Dota 2	16−18 −144%	35−40 +144%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −160%	35−40 +160%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 −1280%	65−70 +1280%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −160%	35−40 +160%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −111%	18−20 +111%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Dota 2	16−18 −144%	35−40 +144%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Fortnite	0−1	27−30
Valorant	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Forza Horizon 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Valorant	102 +0%	102 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Forza Horizon 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Valorant	63 +0%	63 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Valorant	93 +0%	93 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

4K
High Preset

Metro Exodus

16−18

+0%

16−18

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q compete in popular games:

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is 1058% faster in 900p
GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is 239% faster in 1080p
GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is 1600% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is 3950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is ahead in 49 tests (79%)
there's a draw in 13 tests (21%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.91	22.93
Recency	7 January 2010	23 April 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	60 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5850 has 100% lower power consumption.

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 1100.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.