Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Feb 2014
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 Mar 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti100%
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition147%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti100%
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition120%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 750 Ti
- 115 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
- 20% higher gaming performance.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
The Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 750 Ti | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM107 (GM107-400-A2) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 148 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,870 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 640 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 5 | 20 |
| Core clock | 1020 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 750 Ti | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 750 Ti | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
|---|
| TDP | 60 watts | 175 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Feb 2014 | 5 Mar 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti16.32 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti40.80 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti86.40 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti1305.60 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti5610
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition8290
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti37
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition50
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti48
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition44
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti25
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition30
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti36
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition49
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti36
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition43
FPS (higher is better)