GeForce GTX 750 vs Radeon HD 7870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 750 and Radeon HD 7870, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 750 stacks up against Radeon HD 7870, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 750 Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • Radeon HD 7870 has 218% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 750.
  • Radeon HD 7870 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 750.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 750 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 750 is 20 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • GeForce GTX 750 and Radeon HD 7870 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 4795 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 750.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 24−27
ultra / 1080p 10−11 14−16
QHD / 1440p 4−5 9−10
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 35−40 45−50
medium / 1080p 21−24 30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 38% more, than GeForce GTX 750.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 750 Radeon HD 7870
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM107 Pitcairn XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 18 February 2014 5 March 2012
Pipelines 512 1280
Core clock speed 1020 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 1085 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 34.72
Floating-point performance 1,111 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.39 kh/s
CUDA cores 512
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Multi monitor support 3 displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Gaming +
3D Vision +
3D Vision Live +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 143 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
Blu Ray 3D +
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