GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q vs Radeon HD 7850

Place in performance ranking	417	227
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.45	16.08
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	N18E-G0
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	5 March 2012 (12 years ago)	23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$229
Current price	$267 (1.1x MSRP)	$1037 (4.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q has 1009% better value for money than HD 7850.

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	1024	1536
Core clock speed	no data	1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1335 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.04	128.2
Floating-point performance	1,761 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7850 and GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	288.0 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, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	7.5

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.

HD 7850 10.00

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 22.82
+128%

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q outperforms Radeon HD 7850 by 128% based on our aggregate 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%

HD 7850 3860

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 8814
+128%

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q outperforms Radeon HD 7850 by 128% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 7850 5210

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 13355
+156%

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q outperforms Radeon HD 7850 by 156% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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:

Full HD	35−40 −131%	81 +131%
4K	14−16 −129%	32 +129%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

−131%

35−40
+131%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −133%	56 +133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −144%	35−40 +144%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −151%	88 +151%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33 −133%	70 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −131%	35−40 +131%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −130%	92 +130%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −150%	60−65 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −153%	100−110 +153%
Hitman 3	18−20 −156%	45−50 +156%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −136%	130 +136%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −140%	120 +140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −130%	92 +130%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −157%	75−80 +157%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −144%	65−70 +144%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −143%	51 +143%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −144%	35−40 +144%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −140%	84 +140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −144%	66 +144%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −131%	35−40 +131%
Far Cry 5	30−33 −157%	77 +157%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −150%	60−65 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −153%	100−110 +153%
Hitman 3	18−20 −156%	45−50 +156%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −157%	90−95 +157%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −146%	86 +146%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 −160%	78 +160%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −157%	75−80 +157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −130%	92 +130%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −144%	65−70 +144%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −133%	42 +133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −144%	35−40 +144%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −138%	50 +138%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −131%	35−40 +131%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −157%	54 +157%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −153%	100−110 +153%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −163%	79 +163%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −157%	75−80 +157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −143%	51 +143%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −144%	65−70 +144%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

−140%

72
+140%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −139%	40−45 +139%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −161%	45−50 +161%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −144%	35−40 +144%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Hitman 3	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −161%	45−50 +161%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −139%	40−45 +139%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −133%	45−50 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−138%

35−40
+138%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Hitman 3	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −160%	24−27 +160%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −158%	31 +158%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −160%	12−14 +160%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −160%	12−14 +160%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −158%	30−35 +158%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −160%	24−27 +160%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
−150%

20−22

+150%

This is how HD 7850 and GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q compete in popular games:

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is 131% faster in 1080p
GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is 129% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.00	22.82
Recency	5 March 2012	23 April 2019
Cost	$249	$229
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	60 Watt