GeForce Go 7900 GS vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5145 and GeForce Go 7900 GS, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5145
2010
1 GB GDDR3, 15 Watt
0.40

Go 7900 GS outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5145 by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12551239
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.831.58
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameM92G71
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 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 cores8027
Core clock speed720 MHz375 MHz
Boost clock speedno data375 MHz
Number of transistors242 million278 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate5.7607.500
Floating-point processing power0.1152 TFLOPSno data
ROPs416
TMUs820

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 2.0 x16MXM-II

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s32 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.13.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
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2−3
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Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
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3−4
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
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Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 29 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.40 0.46
Recency 7 January 2010 18 April 2006
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 20 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5145 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 63.6% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

Go 7900 GS, on the other hand, has a 15% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce Go 7900 GS is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5145 in performance tests.


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