RTX A5000 Max-Q vs GeForce 7900 GTX

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1067not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameG71GA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 March 2006 (18 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$228 $6897

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data6144
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors278 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate15.60259.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 7900 GTX and RTX A5000 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s384.0 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-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 March 2006 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 80 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GTX and RTX A5000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7900 GTX is a desktop card while RTX A5000 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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