GeForce Go 7950 GTX: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
GeForce Go 7950 GTX provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.66% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090.
Contents
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce Go 7950 GTX sales 12 October 2006. This is a Curie architecture notebook card based on 90 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.7 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 44.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-III interface. Power consumption is at 45 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce Go 7950 GTX: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 1220 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 1.04 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | |
| GPU code name | G71 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 12 October 2006 (18 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
GeForce Go 7950 GTX's specs 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 cores | 32 | of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Core clock speed | 575 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Boost clock speed | 575 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | of 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | of 3 nm (GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 13.80 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| ROPs | 16 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 24 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce Go 7950 GTX and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | |
| Interface | MXM-III | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
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 type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 44.8 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
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 Connectors | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce Go 7950 GTX, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce Go 7950 GTX. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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.
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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.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 1−2 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 1−2 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9 | |
| Valorant | 27−30 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 18−20 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 1−2 | |
| Dota 2 | 12−14 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| Metro Exodus | 1−2 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 | |
| Valorant | 27−30 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 1−2 | |
| Dota 2 | 12−14 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 | |
| Valorant | 27−30 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 2−3 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 3−4 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2 |
4K
High Preset
| Dead Island 2 | 2−3 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18 | |
| Valorant | 4−5 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dead Island 2 | 2−3 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce Go 7950 GTX is Radeon HD 8330E, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce Go 7950 GTX according to our statistics.
