GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 4750

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameRV740GT200B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 September 2009 (15 years ago)16 February 2010 (14 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 cores640240
Core clock speed730 MHz633 MHz
Number of transistors826 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt219 Watt
Texture fill rate23.3650.64
Floating-point processing power0.9344 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs1628
TMUs3280

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB896 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit448 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1134 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s127.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 September 2009 16 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 896 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 219 Watt

ATI HD 4750 has a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 119% lower power consumption.

GTX 275 PhysX Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and a 75% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4750 and GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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