GeForce Go 7700 vs Radeon HD 5670

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	828	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.10	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Redwood	G73M-B1
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	14 January 2010 (14 years ago)	1 August 2006 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$119	no data
Current price	$132 (1.1x MSRP)	$925

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	400	17
Core clock speed	775 MHz	5 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	450 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	177 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	15.50	5.400
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 5670 and GeForce Go 7700 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, GDDR2, GDDR1
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	16 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 January 2010	1 August 2006
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	80 nm

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