GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs Radeon HD 6850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 660 Ti and Radeon HD 6850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 660 Ti and Radeon HD 6850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 660 Ti Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 127 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti has 18% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 - with TeraScale 2.
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is 189 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 660 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 9−10
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 8−9 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 21−24
medium / 1080p 27−30 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 660 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than Radeon HD 6850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 660 Ti Radeon HD 6850
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Barts
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 16 August 2012 21 October 2010
Pipelines 1344 960
Core clock speed 915 MHz
Boost Clock 980 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion/sec 37.20
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 198 mm
Memory bus width 192-bit GDDR5 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 144.2 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1344
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 AGP
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
3D Vision +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 99 Mh/s 139 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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