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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX is a laptop graphics processor released on April 1, 2006. It has 256 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus, 38.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 500 MHz and a 45 W board power rating. It scores 270 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

G71MMobile

7/10 key specs recorded · 23 facts

Depth: 30 recorded fields

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

256 MB

GDDR3 · 256-bit

Boost clock

n/a

500 MHz base

Board power

45 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX scores 270 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 27.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,114), measured across 2 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 264.

PassMark G3D Mark

270

Rank #2,114
Faster than 27.7% of 2,658 GPUs
2 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe x16

Max memory 256 MB

Core clock 500 MHz

Memory clock 1200 MHz

DirectX 9.0c

OpenGL 2.1

Max TDP 45 W

First benchmarked 2009-04-16

Samples 2

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX states the PCIe x16 interface, up to 256 MB of memory, a core clock of 500 MHz, DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1, first benchmarked on 2009-04-16. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename G71M

Chip Not recorded

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Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX uses the G71M graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units Not recorded

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 24

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 24 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX.

Clock speeds

Base clock 500 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX runs at a base clock of 500 MHz.

Memory

Size 256 MB

Type GDDR3

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX is equipped with 256 MB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 38.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX has a board power rating of 45 W and it connects over PCIe x16.

Board power (TDP) 45 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

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Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe x16

Market

Launched April 1, 2006

Launch price Not recorded

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Form factor Not recorded

Segment Laptop

Series GeForce 7 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX was released on April 1, 2006.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 270

PassMark G2D 264

Rank #2,114

Samples 2

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

DirectX 9.0c (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 2.1

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX have?

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX has 256 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX has a board power rating of 45 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX?

The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX scores 270 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 27.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,114.