GeForce GT 750M vs Radeon HD 8870M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8870M and GeForce GT 750M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 8870M
2013
2 GB GDDR5
4.25
+22.8%

HD 8870M outperforms GT 750M by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking681727
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data4.74
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameVenusGK107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2013 (11 years ago)9 January 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores640384
Core clock speed725 MHz941 MHz
Boost clock speed775 MHz967 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate31.0030.94
Floating-point processing power0.992 TFLOPS0.7427 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4032

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

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
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Standard memory configurationno dataDDR3/GDDR5
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1003 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s64.19 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
LVDS signal supportno dataUp to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display supportno dataUp to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
HDMI-+
HDCP content protection-+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI-+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 API
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 8870M 4.25
+22.8%
GT 750M 3.46

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 8870M 1638
+23%
GT 750M 1332

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.

HD 8870M 2986
+17.4%
GT 750M 2543

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.

HD 8870M 11715
+21.8%
GT 750M 9618

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.

HD 8870M 2169
+37.8%
GT 750M 1574

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD 8870M 15739
+45.4%
GT 750M 10822

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

HD 8870M 26
+16.1%
GT 750M 22

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:

900p42
+40%
30−35
−40%
Full HD32
+60%
20
−60%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+36.8%
18−20
−36.8%
Hitman 3 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+12%
24−27
−12%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+7.3%
40−45
−7.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+36.8%
18−20
−36.8%
Hitman 3 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+12%
24−27
−12%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−87.5%
30
+87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+7.3%
40−45
−7.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+36.8%
18−20
−36.8%
Hitman 3 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+12%
24−27
−12%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+220%
5
−220%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+7.3%
40−45
−7.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Hitman 3 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
+23.8%
21−24
−23.8%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 0−1 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 0−1
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

This is how HD 8870M and GT 750M compete in popular games:

  • HD 8870M is 40% faster in 900p
  • HD 8870M is 60% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 8870M is 500% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GT 750M is 88% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 8870M is ahead in 58 tests (92%)
  • GT 750M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • there's a draw in 4 tests (6%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.25 3.46
Recency 1 April 2013 9 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB

HD 8870M has a 22.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 months.

GT 750M, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Radeon HD 8870M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 750M in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon HD 8870M
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