GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI vs GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking277not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.39no data
Power efficiency17.10no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)G7x (2005−2006)
GPU code nameGP106G71M
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)12 October 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores128064
Core clock speed1506 MHz16 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million556 Million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.6no data
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs80no 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB2x512 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 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 ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)GDDR3
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 12 October 2006
Chip lithography 16 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 90 Watt

GTX 1060 Mobile has an age advantage of 9 years, a 462.5% more advanced lithography process, and 12.5% lower power consumption.

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