NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M SLI vs AMD Radeon HD 6790

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Combined performance score

HD 6790
4.17

GeForce GT 750M SLI outperforms Radeon HD 6790 by 65% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking644521
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.331.25
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBartsN14P-GT
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 April 2011 (12 years old)1 April 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data
Current price$184 (1.2x MSRP)$545
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 750M SLI has 279% better value for money than HD 6790.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores800768
Core clock speed840 MHz967 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million1300 Million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Texture fill rate33.60no data
Floating-point performance1,344.0 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6790 and GeForce GT 750M SLI compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length198 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2x 2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz2000 - 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6790 4.17
GT 750M SLI 6.88
+65%

GeForce GT 750M SLI outperforms Radeon HD 6790 by 65% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6790 13637
GT 750M SLI 16142
+18.4%

GeForce GT 750M SLI outperforms Radeon HD 6790 by 18% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6790 2887
GT 750M SLI 4634
+60.5%

GeForce GT 750M SLI outperforms Radeon HD 6790 by 61% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 6790 2150
GT 750M SLI 3703
+72.2%

GeForce GT 750M SLI outperforms Radeon HD 6790 by 72% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p52
−63.5%
85−90
+63.5%
Full HD61
+7%
57
−7%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−83.3%
21−24
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−33.3%
20−22
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−113%
16−18
+113%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−84.6%
24−27
+84.6%
Hitman 3 9−10
−77.8%
16−18
+77.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−120%
10−12
+120%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−83.3%
21−24
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−33.3%
20−22
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−113%
16−18
+113%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−84.6%
24−27
+84.6%
Hitman 3 9−10
−77.8%
16−18
+77.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−120%
10−12
+120%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−83.3%
21−24
+83.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−113%
16−18
+113%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−84.6%
24−27
+84.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−120%
10−12
+120%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Hitman 3 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−83.3%
10−12
+83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−120%
10−12
+120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Hitman 3 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 4−5

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

This is how HD 6790 and GT 750M SLI compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GT 750M SLI is 63.5% faster than HD 6790

1080p resolution:

  • HD 6790 is 7% faster than GT 750M SLI

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GT 750M SLI is 350% faster than the HD 6790.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 750M SLI is ahead in 59 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.17 6.88
Recency 4 April 2011 1 April 2013
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

The GeForce GT 750M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6790 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6790 is a desktop card while GeForce GT 750M SLI is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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