GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI vs FX 5700

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)G7x (2005−2006)
GPU code nameNV36G71M
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 October 2003 (21 year 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 coresno data64
Core clock speed425 MHz16 MHz
Boost clock speedno data575 MHz
Number of transistors82 million556 Million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rate1.700no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no 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 datalarge
InterfaceAGP 8xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB2x512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0aGDDR3
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 October 2003 12 October 2006
Chip lithography 130 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 90 Watt

FX 5700 has 260% lower power consumption.

Go 7950 GTX SLI, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5700 and GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5700 is a desktop card while GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
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