NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1020 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 50% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 31 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3901 vs 1638
  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11526 vs 8804
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.463 vs 24.097
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 642.715 vs 465.496
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.933 vs 2.211
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 133.458 vs 106.848
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 February 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 1020 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed 1085 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 43.4 GTexel / s vs 31 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3901 vs 1638
Geekbench - OpenCL 11526 vs 8804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.463 vs 24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 642.715 vs 465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.933 vs 2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 133.458 vs 106.848

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

  • 900x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 5.4 GB/s
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 521
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.126 vs 26.532
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3702 vs 3683
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3329
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3702 vs 3683
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3329
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 5.4 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 629 vs 521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.126 vs 26.532
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3702 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3702 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3329

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3901
1638
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
521
629
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11526
8804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.463
24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
642.715
465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.933
2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.532
38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
133.458
106.848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3329
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3329
3357
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti AMD Radeon HD 8870M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3901 1638
PassMark - G2D Mark 521 629
Geekbench - OpenCL 11526 8804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.463 24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 642.715 465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.933 2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 26.532 38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 133.458 106.848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3329 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3329 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 117

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM107 Venus
Launch date 18 February 2014 1 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Place in performance rating 707 726
Price now $299.01
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.02
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz 725 MHz
Core clock speed 1020 MHz 725 MHz
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops 992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 640
Texture fill rate 43.4 GTexel / s 31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,500 million
Compute units 10

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... No outputs
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 3.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB / s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.4 GB/s 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
TXAA