AMD Radeon E9550 MXM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9550 MXM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon E9550 MXM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9550 MXM

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 738 MHz
15.4x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
72x more pipelines: 2304 vs 32
49.7x better floating-point performance: 5,834 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1008 MHz
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 96.618 vs 38.948
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3208 vs 1731
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3208 vs 1731

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 September 2016 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 32
Floating-point performance	5,834 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	96.618 vs 38.948
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3208 vs 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3208 vs 1731

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 179.899 vs 112.64
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1813.265 vs 1474.586
Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.817 vs 9.473
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 757.451 vs 507.291
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3689 vs 3597
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3689 vs 3597

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	179.899 vs 112.64
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1813.265 vs 1474.586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.817 vs 9.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	757.451 vs 507.291
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3689 vs 3597
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3689 vs 3597

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E9550 MXM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

112.64

179.899

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1474.586

1813.265

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.473

13.817

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

96.618

38.948

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

507.291

757.451

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3597

3689

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3208

1731

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3597

3689

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3208

1731

Name	AMD Radeon E9550 MXM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	36624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	112.64	179.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1474.586	1813.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.473	13.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	96.618	38.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	507.291	757.451
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3597	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3208	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3597	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3208	1731
PassMark - G3D Mark		169
PassMark - G2D Mark		80

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E9550 MXM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Ellesmere	G96C
Launch date	27 September 2016	10 March 2009
Place in performance rating	501	652
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	738 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,834 gflops	117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2304	32
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	11.81 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	16.13 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2