GeForce 7900 GS vs Radeon HD 6480G

Place in performance ranking	1144	1146
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Llano	G71
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 June 2011 (12 years ago)	1 May 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$259
Current price	$362	$124 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6480G and 7900 GS have a nearly equal value for money.

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	240	no data
Core clock speed	444 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	1000 Million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	49 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.744	9.000

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6480G and GeForce 7900 GS 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.

Interface	IGP	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	198 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

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 type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	256 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1320 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	42.24 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

No outputs

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6480G 0.66
+1.5%

7900 GS 0.65

Radeon HD 6480G outperforms GeForce 7900 GS by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 6480G 256
+1.2%

7900 GS 253

Radeon HD 6480G outperforms GeForce 7900 GS by 1% in Passmark.

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

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.66	0.65
Recency	15 June 2011	1 May 2006
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	256 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	49 Watt