GeForce Go 7950 GTX vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Place in the ranking	787	1183
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.08	1.04
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Broadway	G71
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	12 October 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 cores	800	32
Core clock speed	700 MHz	575 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	575 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	13.80
Floating-point processing power	1.12 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	24

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-B (3.0)	MXM-III
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	44.8 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

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:

900p	31 +343%	7−8 −343%
Full HD	38 +375%	8−9 −375%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +100%	7−8 −100%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4	0−1
Metro Exodus	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Valorant	4−5	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Dota 2	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +113%	8−9 −113%
Fortnite	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +100%	7−8 −100%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +200%	9−10 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Valorant	4−5	0−1
World of Tanks	50−55 +194%	18−20 −194%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Dota 2	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +113%	8−9 −113%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +100%	7−8 −100%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +200%	9−10 −200%
Valorant	4−5	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	1−2	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
World of Tanks	20−22 +900%	2−3 −900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	3−4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Valorant	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Fortnite	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	1−2	0−1
Valorant	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and Go 7950 GTX compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 343% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 375% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 1500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5870 is ahead in 31 test (89%)
there's a draw in 4 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.83	0.65
Recency	7 January 2010	12 October 2006
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 335.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

Go 7950 GTX, on the other hand, has 11.1% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 7950 GTX in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.