AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB Review

February 15, 2012 | 06:13

Tags: #hd-7750 #hd-7770

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Power Consumption (Idle and Gaming)


Putting a realistic, repeatable load on a GPU to get a decent idea of its real world power consumption and thermal output has long been something with which we've experimented here at bit-tech. We've found that synthetic benchmarks such as FurMark thrash the GPU constantly, which simply isn't reflective of how a GPU will be used when gaming.

It's such a hardcore test that any GPU under scrutiny is almost guaranteed to hit its thermal limit; the mark at which the card's firmware will kick in, speeding up the fan to keep the GPU within safe temperature limits. Conversely, simply leaving a game such as Crysis running at a certain point also isn't reflective of real-world use. There's no guarantee that the GPU is being pushed as hard as other titles might push it, and the load will vary between play-throughs.

We used to use the Canyon Flight test of 3DMark 06, as this was a punishing and repeatable test. However, we've now adopted Unigine's Heaven 2.5 benchmark, as its DirectX 11 features will stress all the parts of a modern GPU. We use the default settings and a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080. We also check that 4x AA and 4x AF are enabled and that tessellation is set to Standard. We then hit the Benchmark button and watch the power draw from the wall between the grass field scene and the second dragon scene - this is the toughest portion of the test for both Nvidia and AMD hardware.

We also have GPU-Z running in the background, and leave the Unigine benchmark running for ten minutes to record a peak GPU temperature. We present the temperature as a delta T (the difference between the temperature of the GPU and the ambient temperature in our labs).

Power consumption (idle)

Windows 7 Aero Desktop

  • AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (Third party cooler)
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1280MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 (Third party cooler)
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
  • 81
  • 82
  • 88
  • 89
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 91
  • 92
  • 92
  • 94
  • 94
  • 95
  • 102
  • 106
  • 108
  • 113
  • 134
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25
50
75
100
125
150
System Power consumption in Watts

Power consumption (load)

Unigine Heaven Benchmark (1,920 x 1,080 4x AA 4x AF)

  • AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB (custom PCB)
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1280MB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
  • 121
  • 142
  • 160
  • 175
  • 193
  • 193
  • 210
  • 210
  • 215
  • 227
  • 245
  • 246
  • 253
  • 253
  • 284
  • 293
  • 414
  • 427
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100
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System Power consumption in Watts

Thermal Performance

Heat (idle)

Windows 7 Aero Desktop

  • AMD Radeon HD 7770 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (Third party cooler)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 (Third party cooler)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1280MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB (Custom cooler)
  • AMD Radeon HD 7750 4GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5770 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB
  • 10
  • 10
  • 10
  • 10
  • 10
  • 11
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 17
  • 18
  • 18
  • 22
  • 22
0
5
10
15
20
25
Delta T in °C

Heat (load)

Unigine Heaven Benchmark (1,920 x 1,080 4x AA 4x AF)

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 (Third party cooler)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB (custom cooler)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (Third party cooler)
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1280MB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB
  • 31
  • 32
  • 40
  • 42
  • 44
  • 47
  • 50
  • 52
  • 53
  • 53
  • 54
  • 54
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
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10
20
30
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50
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70
Delta T in °C

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