We’ve known that Nvidia are planning to introduce the world to its new Maxwell architecture using the entry level graphics cards GeForce GTX 750 and GeForce GTX 750 Ti. As one can imagine, these cards are aimed as a like for like replacement with the GTX 650 and 650 Ti. While we’re still officially waiting for confirmation from Nvidia on the specs of both cards, the specs of the GTX 750 Ti have already been leaked, along with benchmarks hinting at its performance.
Today we have images and specs of the GeForce GTX 750 thanks to the Chinese retailer TMall showing off the card ahead of its official release. The GeForce GTX 750 is a cut down version of the 750 Ti, and features fewer CUDA cores, 768 to be exact. We don’t know much about the actual Maxwell chip itself, but GM107 or GM117 are looking likely candidates. The GTX 750’s 768 CUDA cores might not sound super impressive for the higher end user, but it is a gigantic stride from the GTX 650, which it replaces. The GTX 650 only packed in meager 384 CUDA cores. We’re unsure of the amount of TMU’s or ROPS. But it’s likely that there’ll be no fewer than 16 ROPS on the card.
There’s 1GB of GDDR5 memory, which is limited to a 128 Bit interface which is running at 5GHZ effective. It’s likely that the card will be bandwidth limited, featuring roughly 80GB/s of memory bandwidth due to the limited bus width. The GPU meanwhile is clocked at 1020 MHZ, boosting up to 1085 MHZ. Of course, the usual smattering of DVI, HDMI and VGA ports make an appearance. It goes without saying that the GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti will fully support DirectX 11.2 (providing you’ve got Windows 8 that is), along with the usual OpenGL, CUDA and hardware Physx support.
The GTX 750 Ti, just to recap features 960 CUDA cores, 80 TMU’s, 16 ROPS and of course it too is a Maxwell part. It operates at 1098 MHZ standard, boosting up to 1176 MHZ. We’ve been seeing the leaked version of the card with 2GB of GDDR5 RAM, running at 5.4GHZ. Once again, this is on a 128 Bit BUS, meaning that this card would likely be further bandwidth constrained than the GTX 750.
Competition on the low to mid range cards is pretty intense right now, with Nvidia and AMD trading blows. AMD’s Radeon R7 260X is a pretty fantastic deal, putting out enough horse power to run titles at 1080P quite happily if you’re willing to compromise on a few graphics sliders. Nvidia certainly wants a piece of that action, as it obvious from the ramp up of CUDA cores of the GeForce GTX 750 compared to its predecessor the GTX 650.
With the release of Nvidia’s two new Maxwell GPU’s however, AMD are clearly going to be in a fight, and perhaps will force a pricing war, which is only good for consumers. The graphics card market is in a state of flux right now, with many competing technologies. It’s likely that Nvidia’s G-Sync won’t be on the minds of gamer’s who’re the GeForce GTX 750 or GTX 750 Ti’s target market, but with AMD’s Mantle on the Horizon for BF4, competition can only be a good thing.
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti | |
| GPU Codename | Maxwell GM1*7 | Maxwell GM1*7 | Kepler GK107 | Kepler GK106 |
| GPU Process | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm |
| CUDA Cores | 960 | 768 | 384 | 768 |
| Core Clock | 1098 MHz | 1020 MHz | 1058 MHz | 928 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1176 MHz | 1085 MHz | – | – |
| ROPS | 16 | 16 ? | 16 | |
| TMU | 80 | ? | 32 | 64 |
| Memory | 2 GB GDDR5 | 1-2 GB GDDR5 | 1 GB GDDR5 | 1 GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Clock | 5400 MHz | 5000 MHz | 5000 MHz | 5400 MHz |
| Launch | February 2014 | February 2014 | 2013 | 2013 |
| Launch Price | $139 -$149 US? | $119 US? | $119 US | $149 US |
| Memory Clock | 5400 MHz | 5000 MHz | 5000 MHz | 5400 MHz |
Thanks to wccftech!
