GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5850 by a whopping 1109% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 928 | 264 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 69.12 |
| Power efficiency | 4.28 | 25.87 |
| 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
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | No outputs |
API and SDK 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.
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.
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 | 25
−216%
| 79
+216%
|
| 4K | 2−3
−1550%
| 33
+1550%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | no data | 2.90 |
| 4K | no data | 6.94 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
−12300%
|
120−130
+12300%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−1050%
|
45−50
+1050%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−760%
|
40−45
+760%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−1975%
|
83
+1975%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
−12300%
|
120−130
+12300%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−1050%
|
45−50
+1050%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−2200%
|
69
+2200%
|
| Fortnite | 7−8
−1214%
|
92
+1214%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10
−856%
|
85−90
+856%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−6800%
|
65−70
+6800%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−760%
|
40−45
+760%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12
−655%
|
80−85
+655%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
−316%
|
150−160
+316%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−1850%
|
78
+1850%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
−12300%
|
120−130
+12300%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 35−40
−559%
|
240−250
+559%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−1050%
|
45−50
+1050%
|
| Dota 2 | 20−22
−370%
|
94
+370%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−2100%
|
66
+2100%
|
| Fortnite | 7−8
−1186%
|
90
+1186%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10
−856%
|
85−90
+856%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−6800%
|
65−70
+6800%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 3−4
−2800%
|
87
+2800%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−760%
|
40−45
+760%
|
| Metro Exodus | 3−4
−1500%
|
48
+1500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12
−655%
|
80−85
+655%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9
−1050%
|
92
+1050%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
−316%
|
150−160
+316%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−1725%
|
73
+1725%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−1050%
|
45−50
+1050%
|
| Dota 2 | 20−22
−330%
|
86
+330%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−1967%
|
62
+1967%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10
−856%
|
85−90
+856%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−760%
|
40−45
+760%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12
−655%
|
80−85
+655%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9
−538%
|
51
+538%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
−151%
|
93
+151%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 7−8
−1029%
|
79
+1029%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
−4600%
|
45−50
+4600%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14
−1175%
|
150−160
+1175%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20
−867%
|
170−180
+867%
|
| Valorant | 12−14
−1500%
|
190−200
+1500%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−2000%
|
21−24
+2000%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
−860%
|
45−50
+860%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1275%
|
55−60
+1275%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 2−3
−1100%
|
24−27
+1100%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
−1033%
|
30−35
+1033%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 3−4
−1567%
|
50−55
+1567%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−160%
|
35−40
+160%
|
| Valorant | 9−10
−1278%
|
120−130
+1278%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 9−10 |
| Dota 2 | 3−4
−2300%
|
70−75
+2300%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
−650%
|
30
+650%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
−633%
|
21−24
+633%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 3−4
−667%
|
21−24
+667%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 31
+0%
|
31
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 38
+0%
|
38
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+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 216% faster in 1080p
- GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is 1550% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is 12300% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is ahead in 54 tests (83%)
- there's a draw in 11 tests (17%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.73 | 20.91 |
| 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 1108.7% 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.
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