NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	506	801
Place by popularity	30	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.37	0.13
Power efficiency	11.95	0.84
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GM107	R700
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 February 2014 (11 years ago)	12 August 2008 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$550

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

GTX 750 Ti has 3262% better value for money than ATI HD 4870 X2.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	640	800 ×2
Core clock speed	1020 MHz	700 MHz
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	286 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.40	28.00 ×2
Floating-point processing power	1.389 TFLOPS	1.12 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	16	16 ×2
TMUs	40	40 ×2
L1 Cache	320 KB	160 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	256 KB

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB ×2
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	5.4 GB/s	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	115.2 GB/s ×2
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-