NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 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

  • 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 12% higher texture fill rate: 34.72 GTexel / s vs 31 GTexel / s
  • Around 12% better floating-point performance: 1,111 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3337 vs 1638
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9306 vs 8804
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.239 vs 24.097
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 639.427 vs 465.496
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.341 vs 2.211
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 34.72 GTexel / s vs 31 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,111 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3337 vs 1638
Geekbench - OpenCL 9306 vs 8804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.239 vs 24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 639.427 vs 465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.341 vs 2.211
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 vs 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 vs 3702

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 900x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 515
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.126 vs 32
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 106.848 vs 69.814
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 629 vs 515
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.126 vs 32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 106.848 vs 69.814
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3346

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
1638
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
515
629
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9306
8804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.239
24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
639.427
465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.341
2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32
38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69.814
106.848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3346
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3346
3357
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon HD 8870M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3337 1638
PassMark - G2D Mark 515 629
Geekbench - OpenCL 9306 8804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.239 24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 639.427 465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.341 2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32 38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.814 106.848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4498
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4498
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1050

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 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) $119
Place in performance rating 724 726
Price now $150.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 27.54
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz 725 MHz
Core clock speed 1020 MHz 725 MHz
CUDA cores 512
Floating-point performance 1,111 gflops 992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 95 °C
Pipelines 512 640
Texture fill rate 34.72 GTexel / s 31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 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 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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