NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX: specs and benchmarks

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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
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  • Interface MXM-III
  • Core clock speed 8
  • Max video memory 512 MB
  • Memory type GDDR3
  • Memory clock speed 1400 MHz
  • Maximum resolution
Year of release 2006
Performance 0.66

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce Go 7950 GTX sales 12 October 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 1.4 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 44.8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via MXM-III interface. Power consumption is at 45 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at

0.66%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce Go 7950 GTX: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance rating1081
ArchitectureG7x (2005−2007)
GPU code nameG71M
Market segmentLaptop
Release date12 October 2006 (16 years old)

Technical specs

GeForce Go 7950 GTX's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce Go 7950 GTX's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores32of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed8 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed575 MHzof 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors278 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology90 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti)
Thermal design power (TDP)45 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate13.80of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on GeForce Go 7950 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 sizelarge
InterfaceMXM-III
Supplementary power connectorsNone

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce Go 7950 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 typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MBof 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed1400 MHzof 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth44.8 GB/sof 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce Go 7950 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 ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

APIs supported by GeForce Go 7950 GTX, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model3.0
OpenGL2.1of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCLN/A
VulkanN/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce Go 7950 GTX. Overall performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.


Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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 7950 GTX 0.66
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Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%

Go 7950 GTX 263

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce Go 7950 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.

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Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Metro Exodus 2−3
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
Hitman 3 3−4
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
Metro Exodus 3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Far Cry 5 2−3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
Hitman 3 1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Far Cry 5 4−5
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce Go 7950 GTX performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.


AMD equivalent

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce Go 7950 GTX from AMD is Radeon HD 6480G, which is nearly equal in speed and is lower by 1 position in our rating.

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Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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Recommended processors

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User rating

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