GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5850
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5850

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104  vs  ATI Radeon HD 5850.

not rated
Place in performance rating
732
Pascal
Architecture
Terascale 2
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Code name
Cypress
no data
Type
Desktop
8 March 2018 (3 years ago)
Release date
30 September 2009 (12 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$299
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Price now
$240 (0.8x MSRP)
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Value for money
0.19
GP104
GPU code name
Cypress
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104  vs  ATI Radeon HD 5850 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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Pipelines
1440
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
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Transistor count
2,154 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
151 Watt
136.6
Texture fill rate
52.20
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Floating-point performance
2,088.0 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1440
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
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7,200 million
Number of transistors
2,154 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
151 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and ATI Radeon HD 5850 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
250 mm
Length
241 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 vs ATI Radeon HD 5850.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8008 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 vs ATI Radeon HD 5850.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

6.1
CUDA
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and ATI Radeon HD 5850 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
1.2.131
Vulkan
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6.4
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and ATI Radeon HD 5850 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 or ATI Radeon HD 5850 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
ATI Radeon HD 5850
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
ATI Radeon HD 5850
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
ATI Radeon HD 5850
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
ATI Radeon HD 5850
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
ATI Radeon HD 5850
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 128.0 GB/s)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 5850

10.49% faster in synthetic tests

So, GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 or ATI Radeon HD 5850?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 5850 .

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 versus ATI Radeon HD 5850 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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Passmark

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User rating

3.9 Out of 7 Hitesti Score
3.9 Out of 33 Hitesti Score