Radeon RX Vega Mobile vs GeForce 7900 GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1098not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.86no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameG71Vega Mobile
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 March 2006 (18 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 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 coresno data1792
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Number of transistors278 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rate15.60no data
ROPs16no data
TMUs24no data

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 x16no data
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 typeGDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno data
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-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12_1
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 March 2006 7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 90 Watt

7900 GTX has 7.1% lower power consumption.

RX Vega Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GTX and Radeon RX Vega Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7900 GTX is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
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