Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) vs GeForce Go 7950 GTX

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce Go 7950 GTX and Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Go 7950 GTX
2006
512 MB GDDR3, 45 Watt
0.68

R3 (Mullins/Beema) outperforms Go 7950 GTX by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking11371100
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureG7x (2005−2007)GCN 1.1 (2014)
GPU code nameG71MBeema/Mullins
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 October 2006 (17 years ago)29 April 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores32128
Core clock speed8 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed575 MHz686 MHz
Number of transistors278 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate13.80no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce Go 7950 GTX and Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) 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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-IIIno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth44.8 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/Ano data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD12−14
−25%
15
+25%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 no data
Hitman 3 2−3 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 no data
Hitman 3 2−3 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 no data
Far Cry 5 1−2 no data
Hitman 3 6−7 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4 no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 no data

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 no data
Metro Exodus 4−5 no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

This is how Go 7950 GTX and R3 (Mullins/Beema) compete in popular games:

  • R3 (Mullins/Beema) is 25% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.68 0.84
Recency 12 October 2006 29 April 2014
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm

The Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 7950 GTX in performance tests.


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