GeForce Go 7950 GTX vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce Go 7950 GTX, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.86
+333%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 outperforms Go 7950 GTX by a whopping 333% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7991196
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.051.04
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameBroadwayG71
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)12 October 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 cores80032
Core clock speed700 MHz575 MHz
Boost clock speedno data575 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million278 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate28.0013.80
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1616
TMUs4024

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 sizelargelarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-III
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s44.8 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 and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.03.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.2N/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.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p31
+343%
7−8
−343%
Full HD39
+333%
9−10
−333%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Fortnite 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Forza Horizon 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Valorant 45−50
+55.2%
27−30
−55.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 50−55
+179%
18−20
−179%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Dota 2 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Fortnite 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Forza Horizon 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Grand Theft Auto V 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Valorant 45−50
+55.2%
27−30
−55.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Dota 2 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Valorant 45−50
+55.2%
27−30
−55.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3 0−1
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
+300%
6−7
−300%
Valorant 24−27
+333%
6−7
−333%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Valorant 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and Go 7950 GTX compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 343% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 333% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 567% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, ATI Mobility HD 5870 surpassed Go 7950 GTX in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 2.86 0.66
Recency 7 January 2010 12 October 2006
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 45 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 333.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

Go 7950 GTX, on the other hand, has 11.1% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 7950 GTX in performance tests.

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