AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 425 MHz
55.1x more texture fill rate: 93.6 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
10.9x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 550 MHz
127.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 35
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 310

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2012 vs 17 February 2004
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	93.6 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	661 vs 310

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

3.7x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 185 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4470

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

661

310

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	661	310
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1230.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	345.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1745

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Tahiti	NV39
Launch date	19 November 2012	17 February 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$270
Place in performance rating	532	534
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,995 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	93.6 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR