GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI vs 9600 GSO 512

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1186	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.67	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	G7x (2005−2006)
GPU code name	G94	G71M
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	23 October 2008 (16 years ago)	12 October 2006 (18 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 cores	48	64
Core clock speed	650 MHz	16 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	500 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	556 Million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	15.60	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.156 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	24	no data

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	229 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	2-way	-

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2x512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIHDTV	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	GDDR3
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 October 2008	12 October 2006
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm

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