GeForce Go 6600 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and GeForce Go 6600, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5850
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
1.74
+988%

Mobility HD 5850 outperforms Go 6600 by a whopping 988% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking9811481
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.47no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameBroadwayNV43 A2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (16 years ago)29 September 2005 (20 years ago)

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 cores80012
Core clock speed500 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data375 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million146 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Wattno data
Texture fill rate20.002.400
Floating-point processing power0.8 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs408
L1 Cache80 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz350 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s11.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.03.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

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:

900p19
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Full HD25
+1150%
2−3
−1150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 1−2 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Fortnite 7−8 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Valorant 35−40
+54.2%
24−27
−54.2%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+236%
10−12
−236%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 20−22
+150%
8−9
−150%
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Fortnite 7−8 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3 0−1
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Valorant 35−40
+54.2%
24−27
−54.2%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 20−22
+150%
8−9
−150%
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Valorant 35−40
+54.2%
24−27
−54.2%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 7−8 0−1

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Valorant 10−11 0−1

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 3−4 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and Go 6600 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 1800% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 1150% faster in 1080p

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 performs better in 25 tests (96%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.74 0.16
Recency 7 January 2010 29 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm

ATI Mobility HD 5850 has a 987.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 6600 in performance tests.

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