NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 and ATI Radeon HD 5850 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 4 year(s) 4 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
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3354 vs 1979
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 504 vs 402
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.239 vs 16.467
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.341 vs 1.541
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4498 vs 3806
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4498 vs 3806
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 February 2014 vs 30 September 2009
Core clock speed 1020 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed 1085 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 151 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3354 vs 1979
PassMark - G2D Mark 504 vs 402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.239 vs 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.341 vs 1.541
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4498 vs 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4498 vs 3806

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 34.72 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 1440 vs 512
  • Around 88% better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 1,111 gflops
  • 800x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33977 vs 9392
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1109.612 vs 639.427
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 42.08 vs 32
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 52.2 GTexel / s vs 34.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1440 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops vs 1,111 gflops
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 33977 vs 9392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1109.612 vs 639.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.08 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3346

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
1979
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
504
402
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9392
33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.239
16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
639.427
1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.341
1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32
42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4498
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3346
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4498
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3346
3358
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 ATI Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 3354 1979
PassMark - G2D Mark 504 402
Geekbench - OpenCL 9392 33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.239 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 639.427 1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.341 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32 42.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.814
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4498 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4498 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1048 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 ATI Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM107 Cypress
Launch date 18 February 2014 30 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $119 $299
Place in performance rating 754 757
Price now $150.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 27.54
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 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 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 95 °C
Pipelines 512 1440
Texture fill rate 34.72 GTexel / s 52.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,154 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
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

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) 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

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