NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1020 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 254 Watt
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3900 vs 2534
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 517 vs 373
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11514 vs 3977
3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.933 vs 0.789

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 February 2014 vs 19 September 2011
Core clock speed	1020 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 254 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3900 vs 2534
PassMark - G2D Mark	517 vs 373
Geekbench - OpenCL	11514 vs 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.933 vs 0.789

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

5.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 43.4 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 2x 960 vs 640
2.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
840x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 5.4 GB/s

Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 960 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 5.4 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3900

2534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

517

373

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11514

3977

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.933

0.789

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3900	2534
PassMark - G2D Mark	517	373
Geekbench - OpenCL	11514	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	42.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	642.715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.933	0.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	133.458
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1268

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM107	Barts
Launch date	18 February 2014	19 September 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	712	713
Price now	$299.01
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.02
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1020 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	2x 960
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	254 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini...	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.4 GB/s	4200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
TXAA