RTX A3000 Mobile vs GeForce Go 7900 SE

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated166
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data33.36
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG73GA104
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date18 April 2006 (18 years ago)12 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 coresno data4096
Core clock speed350 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1230 MHz
Number of transistors177 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate4.200157.4
Floating-point processing powerno data10.08 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs12128
Tensor Coresno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

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 amount256 MB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed333 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth21.31 GB/s264.0 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 Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2006 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 70 Watt

Go 7900 SE has 250% lower power consumption.

RTX A3000 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 7900 SE and RTX A3000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce Go 7900 SE is a notebook graphics card while RTX A3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 SE
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