GeForce Go 7900 GS: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
GeForce Go 7900 GS provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.40% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.
Contents
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce Go 7900 GS sales 18 April 2006. This is a Curie architecture notebook card based on 90 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.5 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 32 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-II interface. Power consumption is at 20 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce Go 7900 GS: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 1302 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 1.61 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | |
| GPU code name | G71 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 18 April 2006 (19 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
GeForce Go 7900 GS's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce Go 7900 GS's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 27 | of 960 (GeForce GTX 660) |
| Core clock speed | 375 MHz | of 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI) |
| Boost clock speed | 375 MHz | of 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell)) |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | of 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | of 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | of 235 (FirePro S9150) |
| Texture fill rate | 7.500 | of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 16 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 20 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce Go 7900 GS and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | |
| Interface | MXM-II |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce Go 7900 GS: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 32 GB/s | of 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080) |
| Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce Go 7900 GS. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API and SDK support
APIs supported by GeForce Go 7900 GS, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce Go 7900 GS. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce Go 7900 GS is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 |
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8 | |
| Valorant | 27−30 |
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 14−16 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Dota 2 | 10−11 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | |
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 | |
| Valorant | 27−30 |
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Dota 2 | 10−11 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 | |
| Valorant | 27−30 |
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 1−2 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5 |
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 |
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | |
| Valorant | 2−3 |
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3 |
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce Go 7900 GS is Mobility Radeon HD 3670, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.
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Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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