Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce Go 7900 GTX

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce Go 7900 GTX and Radeon Vega 7, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Go 7900 GTX
2006
512 MB GDDR3, 45 Watt
0.68

Vega 7 outperforms Go 7900 GTX by a whopping 960% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1190549
Place by popularitynot in top-10010
Power efficiency1.0711.33
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG71Cezanne
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date18 April 2006 (18 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 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 cores32448
Core clock speed500 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed500 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors278 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate12.0053.20
Floating-point processing powerno data1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs2428

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.2

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 HD2−3
−1050%
23
+1050%
1440p2−3
−1300%
28
+1300%
4K1−2
−1700%
18
+1700%

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−800%
18
+800%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−325%
17
+325%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−600%
14
+600%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−825%
37
+825%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−200%
12
+200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−213%
24−27
+213%
Valorant 27−30
−159%
75−80
+159%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 18−20
−205%
58
+205%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−400%
10
+400%
Dota 2 12−14
−900%
120−130
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−775%
35
+775%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−150%
10
+150%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−1200%
13
+1200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−188%
23
+188%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−217%
19
+217%
Valorant 27−30
−152%
73
+152%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−350%
9
+350%
Dota 2 12−14
−900%
120−130
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−575%
27
+575%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−225%
12−14
+225%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−213%
24−27
+213%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−117%
13
+117%
Valorant 27−30
+16%
25
−16%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 3−4
−1700%
50−55
+1700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
−875%
35−40
+875%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 6−7
Far Cry 5 4−5
−275%
14−16
+275%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Fortnite 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Valorant 4−5
−525%
25
+525%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Fortnite 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Battlefield 5 28
+0%
28
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry 5 20
+0%
20
+0%
Fortnite 63
+0%
63
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 24
+0%
24
+0%
Battlefield 5 23
+0%
23
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry 5 18
+0%
18
+0%
Fortnite 27
+0%
27
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 17
+0%
17
+0%
Battlefield 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Far Cry 5 18
+0%
18
+0%
Fortnite 14
+0%
14
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 48
+0%
48
+0%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Battlefield 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how Go 7900 GTX and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • Vega 7 is 1050% faster in 1080p
  • Vega 7 is 1300% faster in 1440p
  • Vega 7 is 1700% faster in 4K

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

  • in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Go 7900 GTX is 16% faster.
  • in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Vega 7 is 1700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Go 7900 GTX is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • Vega 7 is ahead in 32 tests (53%)
  • there's a draw in 27 tests (45%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.68 7.21
Recency 18 April 2006 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 90 nm 7 nm

Vega 7 has a 960.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 7900 GTX in performance tests.

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