NVIDIA started GeForce Go 7900 GTX sales 18 April 2006. This is a G7x architecture notebook card based on 90 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.2 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 45 Watt.

General info

Some basic facts about GeForce Go 7900 GTX: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	1128
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Architecture	G7x (2005−2007)
GPU code name	G71M
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	18 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Current price	$535	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce Go 7900 GTX's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce Go 7900 GTX's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	8 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	500 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	278 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	12.00	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce Go 7900 GTX's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce Go 7900 GTX: 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 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce Go 7900 GTX. 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 support

APIs supported by GeForce Go 7900 GTX, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	3.0
OpenGL	2.1	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	N/A
Vulkan	N/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce Go 7900 GTX. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Go 7900 GTX 0.70

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Go 7900 GTX 270

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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 Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Metro Exodus	1−2
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4
Hitman 3	3−4
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Far Cry 5	1−2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2
Hitman 3	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6

Relative performance

Overall GeForce Go 7900 GTX performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

GeForce 9700M GTS 102.86

Radeon HD 6370M 101.43

GeForce 9650M GS 100

GeForce Go 7900 GTX 100

Radeon HD 7400G 98.57

GeForce Go 7950 GTX 97.14

HD Graphics 2500 97.14

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce Go 7900 GTX is Radeon HD 7400G, which is slower by 1% and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.