Radeon RX Vega M vs GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 377 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 80.44 |
| Architecture | G7x (2005−2006) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | G71M | Vega |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 October 2006 (19 years ago) | 1 February 2018 (8 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 | 64 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 16 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 500 MHz | 1190 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 556 Million | 4,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 38.08 |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 32 |
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 | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | IGP |
| Width | no data | IGP |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | System Shared |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | GDDR3 | 12.0 |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 October 2006 | 1 February 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 15 Watt |
RX Vega M has an age advantage of 11 years, a 543% more advanced lithography process, and 500% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI and Radeon RX Vega M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX Vega M is a desktop one.
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