GeForce Go 7900 GS vs HD Graphics

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1146not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.52no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1G71
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)18 April 2006 (18 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 cores4827
Core clock speed650 MHz375 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz375 MHz
Number of transistors392 million278 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate6.3007.500
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPSno data
ROPs116
TMUs620

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16MXM-II
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data32 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.03.0
OpenGL4.02.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.80N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



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.

HD Graphics 298
+69.3%
Go 7900 GS 176

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 18 April 2006
Chip lithography 22 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 20 Watt

HD Graphics has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 309.1% more advanced lithography process.

Go 7900 GS, on the other hand, has 75% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and GeForce Go 7900 GS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics is a desktop card while GeForce Go 7900 GS is a notebook one.


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