HD Graphics 405 vs GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Place in the ranking	1173	1165
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.07	8.51
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code name	G71	Braswell GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	18 April 2006 (18 years ago)	1 April 2015 (9 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	32	128
Core clock speed	500 MHz	200 MHz
Boost clock speed	500 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	6 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	9.600
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.1536 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	2
TMUs	24	16

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	PCIe 1.0 x16	Ring Bus
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	512 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	3.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.3
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	+

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

14−16

−7.1%

15
+7.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Fortnite	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
World of Tanks	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
World of Tanks	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Valorant	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how Go 7900 GTX and HD Graphics 405 compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 405 is 7% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD Graphics 405 is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 405 is ahead in 9 tests (26%)
there's a draw in 25 tests (74%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.70	0.74
Recency	18 April 2006	1 April 2015
Chip lithography	90 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	6 Watt

HD Graphics 405 has a 5.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 650% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce Go 7900 GTX and HD Graphics 405.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.