Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile vs GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | G7x (2005−2006) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | G71M | GP104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 12 October 2006 (19 years ago) | 11 January 2017 (8 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 cores | 64 | 2048 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 16 MHz | 1164 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 575 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 556 Million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 192.8 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 6.169 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | no data | 64 ×2 |
| TMUs | no data | 128 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 768 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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 | MXM-B (3.0) |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x512 MB | 16 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 192.0 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | GDDR3 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 October 2006 | 11 January 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 200 Watt |
Go 7950 GTX SLI has 122.2% lower power consumption.
P5000 X2 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI and Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI is a notebook graphics card while Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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