GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Go 7950 GTX SLI
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 9 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 12 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 67.40 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 24.80 |
| Architecture | G7x (2005−2006) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | G71M | AD104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 October 2006 (18 years ago) | 8 January 2024 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 64 | 7168 |
| Core clock speed | 16 MHz | 1980 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 575 MHz | 2475 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 556 Million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 220 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 554.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 35.48 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 80 |
| TMUs | no data | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 224 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 56 |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-pin |
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x512 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 504.2 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 Connectors | no data | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | GDDR3 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 October 2006 | 8 January 2024 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 220 Watt |
Go 7950 GTX SLI has 144.4% lower power consumption.
RTX 4070 SUPER, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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