NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 68% higher boost clock speed: 630 MHz vs 375 MHz

Launch date	4 October 2007 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 375 MHz
Boost clock speed	630 MHz vs 375 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 145
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 176 vs 38

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 145
PassMark - G3D Mark	176 vs 38

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

254

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	145	254
PassMark - G3D Mark	38	176
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		916

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	C73	G71
Launch date	4 October 2007	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	1114	1115
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	630 MHz	375 MHz
Core clock speed	500 MHz	375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Transistor count	112 million	278 million
Pipelines		20
Texture fill rate		7.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		20 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	MXM-II
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		500 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		256
Shared memory		0