Radeon RX 490M vs GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1173	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.05	no data
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	G71	Polaris
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 October 2006 (18 years ago)	1 August 2016 (8 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	32	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	575 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	278 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	13.80	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	24	no 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 size	large	large
Interface	MXM-III	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB/s	no 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 Connectors

No outputs

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 October 2006	1 August 2016
Chip lithography	90 nm	14 nm

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