GeForce Go 7950 GTX vs Radeon HD 6520G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics

Place in the ranking	1012	1170
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.05
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	no data	G71
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	8 February 2012 (12 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	480	32
Core clock speed	400 / 700 MHz	575 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	575 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	13.80
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	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	no data	large
Interface	no data	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	no data	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	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 data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	no data	3.0
OpenGL	no data	2.1
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/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

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +10%	30−33 −10%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +10%	30−33 −10%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +10%	30−33 −10%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

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

in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 6520G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 6520G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics is ahead in 32 tests (91%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.35	0.68
Recency	8 February 2012	12 October 2006
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm

HD 6520G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics has a 98.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 6520G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics 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.