Radeon RX 550X Mobile vs GeForce Go 7900 GS
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce Go 7900 GS and Radeon RX 550X Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 550X Mobile outperforms Go 7900 GS by a whopping 1217% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1237 | 582 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.60 | 8.45 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | G71 | Polaris 23 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 April 2006 (18 years ago) | 11 April 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 cores | 27 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 375 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 375 MHz | 1287 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 7.500 | 51.48 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.647 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 20 | 40 |
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 size | large | large |
| Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 32 GB/s | 96 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 1−2
−2300%
| 24
+2300%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−400%
|
10−11
+400%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−433%
|
16−18
+433%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−550%
|
12−14
+550%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−400%
|
10−11
+400%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−200%
|
12−14
+200%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−363%
|
35−40
+363%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−550%
|
26
+550%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−78.6%
|
50−55
+78.6%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−433%
|
16−18
+433%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−550%
|
12−14
+550%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−400%
|
10−11
+400%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−200%
|
12−14
+200%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−363%
|
35−40
+363%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−425%
|
21−24
+425%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−122%
|
20−22
+122%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−78.6%
|
50−55
+78.6%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−433%
|
16−18
+433%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−550%
|
12−14
+550%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−400%
|
10−11
+400%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−200%
|
12−14
+200%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−363%
|
35−40
+363%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−425%
|
21−24
+425%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−44.4%
|
13
+44.4%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−78.6%
|
50−55
+78.6%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 3−4 |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7
−66.7%
|
10−11
+66.7%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2−3
−550%
|
12−14
+550%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−450%
|
10−12
+450%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−300%
|
4−5
+300%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 3−4 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−200%
|
6−7
+200%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
This is how Go 7900 GS and RX 550X Mobile compete in popular games:
- RX 550X Mobile is 2300% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 550X Mobile is 550% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX 550X Mobile is ahead in 29 tests (43%)
- there's a draw in 39 tests (57%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.46 | 6.06 |
| Recency | 18 April 2006 | 11 April 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 50 Watt |
Go 7900 GS has 150% lower power consumption.
RX 550X Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1217.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 550X Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 7900 GS in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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