GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 7850 vs 660

Gaming

Real world tests using the latest 3D games
Radeon HD 7850
7.2
GeForce GTX 660
7.5
crysis: warhead (2013), Crysis: Warhead (2012), Batman: Arkham City and 3 more

Benchmarks

Synthetic tests to measure overall performance
Radeon HD 7850
6.7
GeForce GTX 660
7.0
Passmark and 3DMark Vantage Texture Fill

Compute Performance

General computing tests executed on the GPU
Radeon HD 7850
7.8
GeForce GTX 660
7.5
SmallLuxGPU 2.0d4, Civilization 5 Texture Decomposition (2013) and 2 more

Noise and Power

How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load
Radeon HD 7850
8.5
GeForce GTX 660
8.4
TDP, Idle Noise Level, Load Noise Level, Idle Power Consumption and 1 more

GPUBoss Score

Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power
Radeon HD 7850
7.2
GeForce GTX 660
7.3

Winner
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Radeon HD 7850

Reasons to consider the
AMD Radeon HD 7850

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Higher pixel rate 27.5 GPixel/s vs 19.6 GPixel/s More than 40% higher pixel rate
Significantly better SmallLuxGPU 2.0d4 score 13,200 vs 5,000 Around 2.8x better SmallLuxGPU 2.0d4 score
More energy-efficient load power consumption 271W vs 296W Around 10% more energy-efficient load power consumption
More render output processors 32 vs 24 8 more render output processors
Wider memory bus 256 bit vs 192 bit Around 35% wider memory bus
Front view of GeForce GTX 660

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 660

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Higher clock speed 980 MHz vs 860 MHz Around 15% higher clock speed
Higher effective memory clock speed 6,008 MHz vs 4,800 MHz More than 25% higher effective memory clock speed
Better 3DMark vantage texture fill score 65.3 vs 50.2 More than 30% better 3DMark vantage texture fill score
Higher texture rate 78.4 GTexel/s vs 55 GTexel/s Around 45% higher texture rate
Higher memory clock speed 1,502 MHz vs 1,200 MHz More than 25% higher memory clock speed
Quieter idle noise level 40.8 dB vs 41.5 dB Almost the same
Higher battlefield 3 framerate 82.5 fps vs 64.2 fps Around 30% higher battlefield 3 framerate
Higher batman: arkham city framerate 75 fps vs 62 fps More than 20% higher batman: arkham city framerate
Better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2013) score 288.9 vs 266.9 Around 10% better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2013) score

Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 7850 vs GeForce GTX 660

Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance

Radeon HD 7850
3,724
GeForce GTX 660
4,121
videocardbenchmark.net
3DMark 11, as the name might probably suggest, makes use of the Microsoft DirectX 11 API and puts every feature of it at its disposal to use, creating astonishingly realistic visuals.
GeForce GTX 660 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)

3DMark Vantage (Texture Fill) Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX performance

Radeon HD 7850
50.2
GeForce GTX 660
65.3
Radeon HD 7850 GeForce GTX 660 @ anandtech.com

Crysis: Warhead (2013) 1920x1080 - Enthusiast Quality + 4xAA

Radeon HD 7850
38.9 fps
GeForce GTX 660
39.6 fps
Radeon HD 7850 GeForce GTX 660 @ anandtech.com
The game was by far the most hyped and anticipated game in 2007, and forums were full of "Can my system run Crysis?
GeForce GTX 660 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)

Batman: Arkham City 1920x1200 - Extreme quality + FXAA-HIGH

Radeon HD 7850
62 fps
GeForce GTX 660
75 fps
Radeon HD 7850 GeForce GTX 660 @ anandtech.com
Batman: Arkham City uses the same Unreal Engine by Epic as Batman: Arkham Asylum does, but, it has, thanks to the engine's modularity, been overhauled and outfitted with the latest technologies, including a graphics engine that takes advantage of DirectX 11.
GeForce GTX 660 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)

SmallLux GPU 2.0d4 Measures compute performance using OpenCL to do 3D rendering

Radeon HD 7850
13,200
GeForce GTX 660
5,000
Radeon HD 7850 GeForce GTX 660 @ anandtech.com

Passmark Direct Compute Measures performance of general-purpose computing using Microsoft DirectCompute

Radeon HD 7850
1,757
GeForce GTX 660
1,929
videocardbenchmark.net

Reviews Word on the street

Radeon HD 7850  vs GeForce GTX 660 
9.1
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9.0
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We see very good overclocking potential for GPU clock, which is the best of all HD 7850 cards that we've reviewed so far.
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Comments

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Abbie Hoffman (12:45 PM, March 6, 2014)
But it really does not matter because the 660 overclocked will again pass it up. The price of the 660 is also better than the price of the 7850, So you would be dumb to by the 7850 unless you could get it for $150. But really the 7850 is not to much faster than the 650 Ti, I am going to replace my 650 Ti with a 660. Great prices on them now
Wimpy Bandit (01:18 PM, February 27, 2014)
HD 7850 is better for gaming.
Henry (02:54 AM, February 11, 2014)
and GTX 660 has dropped its price to 180 USD...
Plot (12:38 PM, August 10, 2013)
660 wins stock 7850 wins when OC'd
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