Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce 7900 GTX

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 7900 GTX with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

7900 GTX
2006
512 MB GDDR3, 84 Watt
1.00
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
2024
4 GB GDDR6, 35 Watt
27.27
+2627%

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms 7900 GTX by a whopping 2627% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1103200
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.8354.33
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG71AD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date9 March 2006 (18 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year 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 coresno data2048
Core clock speed650 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors278 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate15.60129.6
Floating-point processing powerno data8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs2464
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s128.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.00 27.27
Recency 9 March 2006 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 35 Watt

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has a 2627% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1700% more advanced lithography process, and 140% lower power consumption.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 7900 GTX in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 7900 GTX is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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