GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI vs GTX 770

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking346not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.29no data
Power efficiency4.58no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)G7x (2005−2006)
GPU code nameGK104G71M
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 May 2013 (11 years ago)12 October 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 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 cores153664
Core clock speed1046 MHz16 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz575 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million556 Million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate138.9no data
Floating-point processing power3.333 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs128no 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
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Minimum recommended system power600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2x512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.3 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortno data
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
PhysX+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)GDDR3
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.3no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2013 12 October 2006
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 90 Watt

GTX 770 has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Go 7950 GTX SLI, on the other hand, has 155.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 770 and GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 770 is a desktop card while GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI is a notebook one.


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