GeForce GTX 750 v2 vs Radeon HD 8870M

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking639not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.74no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code nameVenusGM206
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 December 2012 (11 years ago)17 November 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price$338 $154

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed Specifications

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 cores640512
Core clock speed725 MHz1038 MHz
Boost clock speed775 MHz1188 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rate31.0038.02
Floating-point performance992.0 gflops1,217 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8870M and GeForce GTX 750 v2 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot

Memory typeGDDR5, DDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s80.19 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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

API Compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 18 December 2012 17 November 2015

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8870M and GeForce GTX 750 v2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8870M is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 750 v2 is a desktop one.


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