Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Feb 2014
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 19 Nov 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti100%
- Radeon HD 7870 XT153%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti100%
- Radeon HD 7870 XT119%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 750 Ti
- 125 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7870 XT .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 XT
- 19% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 XT
The Radeon HD 7870 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 750 Ti | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM107 (GM107-400-A2) | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 148 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,870 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 640 | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 5 | 24 |
| Core clock | 1020 MHz | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | 96 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 750 Ti | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 750 Ti | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| TDP | 60 watts | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Feb 2014 | 19 Nov 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti16.32 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti40.80 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti86.40 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti1305.60 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7870 XT2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti5610
- Radeon HD 7870 XT8590
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti48
- Radeon HD 7870 XT49
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti25
- Radeon HD 7870 XT31
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti36
- Radeon HD 7870 XT54
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 750 Ti36
- Radeon HD 7870 XT36
FPS (higher is better)