ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430 vs GeForce Go 7900 GS

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce Go 7900 GS and Mobility Radeon HD 5430, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Go 7900 GS
2006
512 MB GDDR3, 20 Watt
0.46
+39.4%

Go 7900 GS outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5430 by a substantial 39% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12391301
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.583.23
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG71Park
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date18 April 2006 (18 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 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 cores2780
Core clock speed375 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed375 MHzno data
Number of transistors278 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt7 Watt
Texture fill rate7.5004.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs208

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s12.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
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Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 29 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.46 0.33
Recency 18 April 2006 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 7 Watt

Go 7900 GS has a 39.4% higher aggregate performance score.

ATI Mobility HD 5430, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 185.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce Go 7900 GS is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5430 in performance tests.


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