Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce Go 7900 GS

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce Go 7900 GS with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Go 7900 GS
2006
512 MB GDDR3, 20 Watt
0.46
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
2024
4 GB GDDR6, 35 Watt
27.27
+5828%

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms Go 7900 GS by a whopping 5828% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1237200
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.6054.31
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG71AD107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date18 April 2006 (18 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year 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 cores272048
Core clock speed375 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed375 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors278 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate7.500129.6
Floating-point processing powerno data8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs2064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 4.0 x8

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 speed500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−5567%
170−180
+5567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Hitman 3 4−5
−5650%
230−240
+5650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−5525%
450−500
+5525%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−5650%
230−240
+5650%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−5793%
1650−1700
+5793%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−5567%
170−180
+5567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Hitman 3 4−5
−5650%
230−240
+5650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−5525%
450−500
+5525%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−5650%
230−240
+5650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−5456%
500−550
+5456%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−5793%
1650−1700
+5793%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−5567%
170−180
+5567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Hitman 3 4−5
−5650%
230−240
+5650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−5525%
450−500
+5525%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−5650%
230−240
+5650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−5456%
500−550
+5456%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−5793%
1650−1700
+5793%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
−5733%
350−400
+5733%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−5400%
55−60
+5400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.46 27.27
Recency 18 April 2006 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 35 Watt

Go 7900 GS has 75% lower power consumption.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 5828.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 7900 GS in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce Go 7900 GS is a notebook graphics card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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