NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 375 MHz
4.8x more pipelines: 96 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 519 vs 178
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 171 vs 88

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 375 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	519 vs 178
PassMark - G2D Mark	171 vs 88

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 7.5 GTexel / s vs 6.7 billion / sec
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 916 vs 690
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 916 vs 690

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	7.5 GTexel / s vs 6.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	916 vs 690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	916 vs 690

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

178

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

171

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

690

916

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

690

916

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	519	178
PassMark - G2D Mark	171	88
Geekbench - OpenCL	1872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	172.058
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	13.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	690	916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	690	916

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF108	G71
Launch date	3 September 2010	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	1570	1567
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	375 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	215.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	96	20
Texture fill rate	6.7 billion / sec	7.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized	large
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
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