GeForce Go 7900 SE vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameM26G73
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date3 February 2005 (19 years ago)18 April 2006 (18 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 cores14no data
Core clock speed350 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed350 MHzno data
Number of transistors120 million177 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data20 Watt
Texture fill rate2.8004.200
ROPs88
TMUs812

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 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 amount128 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed425 MHz333 MHz
Memory bandwidth13.6 GB/s21.31 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.

DirectX9.0b (9_2)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGL2.02.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 February 2005 18 April 2006
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 110 nm 90 nm

Go 7900 SE has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 22.2% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility FireGL V5000 and GeForce Go 7900 SE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility FireGL V5000 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce Go 7900 SE is a mobile workstation one.


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