T500 Max-Q vs GeForce 7900 GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1103not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.83no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG71TU117
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date9 March 2006 (18 years ago)2 December 2020 (3 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 coresno data896
Core clock speed650 MHz795 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1425 MHz
Number of transistors278 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate15.6079.80
Floating-point processing powerno data2.554 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs2456

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 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 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 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s80 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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.7 (6.4)
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 March 2006 2 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 18 Watt

T500 Max-Q has an age advantage of 14 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 650% more advanced lithography process, and 366.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GTX and T500 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7900 GTX is a desktop card while T500 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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