NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti "Maxwell": A Great Mid-Range GPU For Linux Users

The next test was of Furmark... Running Furmark isn't a real-world use-case but it's well known for being able to push graphics processors very hard to potentially critical states with their heat output and stability. When running GpuTest's Furmark, the GeForce GTX 750 Ti was running comfortably at around 63 Celsius while the higher-end GPUs were running at over 80 Celsius or over 90 Celsius in the case of the Radeon R9 290.

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti had an overall power use of 144 Watts when running Furmark, well below the GeForce GTX 550 Ti at 233 Watts.

Now to the performance-per-Watt in Furmark:

When looking at Furmark's performance-per-Watt with the Maxwell GPU, the GTX 750 Ti surpassed the GT 520, GTX 550 Ti, and GTX 650 by wide margins. The GTX 750 Ti also had minor power efficiency advantages over the GTX 760 and GTX 770 while also doing better than the AMD Radeon R7 260X.