GeForce Go 7950 GTX: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

GeForce Go 7950 GTX provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.68% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.

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 ranking1170
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency1.09of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameG71
Market segmentLaptop
Release date12 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 cores32of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed575 MHzof 2800 MHz (Playstation 5 Pro GPU)
Boost clock speed575 MHzof 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors278 millionof 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology90 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate13.80of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
ROPs16of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs24of 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 sizelarge
InterfaceMXM-III
Supplementary power connectorsNone

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 typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MBof 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed700 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth44.8 GB/sof 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 ConnectorsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model3.0
OpenGL2.1of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCLN/A
VulkanN/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. 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 0.68

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.

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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
Hitman 3 5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
Hitman 3 5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Hitman 3 5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Far Cry 5 1−2
Hitman 3 6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3

Closest competitors

GeForce Go 7950 GTX's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce Go 7950 GTX is Mobility Radeon HD 3850, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.

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Community ratings

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