AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM 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: 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 738 MHz
  • 4.3x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
  • 24x more pipelines: 768 vs 32
  • 13.7x better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 6.4x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 1008 MHz
  • 17.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3032 vs 169
  • 5.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 460 vs 80
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 63.718 vs 38.948
  • Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 1731
  • Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 1731
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 32
Floating-point performance 1,613 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 6500 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3032 vs 169
PassMark - G2D Mark 460 vs 80
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 63.718 vs 38.948
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 vs 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 1731

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

  • Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 179.899 vs 39.283
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1813.265 vs 815.354
  • 4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.817 vs 3.437
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 757.451 vs 171.258
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3689 vs 3667
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3689 vs 3667
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 179.899 vs 39.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1813.265 vs 815.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.817 vs 3.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 757.451 vs 171.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3689 vs 3667
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3689 vs 3667

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3032
169
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
460
80
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.283
179.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
815.354
1813.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.437
13.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
63.718
38.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
171.258
757.451
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3667
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3667
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
1731
Name AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 3032 169
PassMark - G2D Mark 460 80
Geekbench - OpenCL 14269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.283 179.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 815.354 1813.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.437 13.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 63.718 38.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 171.258 757.451
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4468
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3667 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4468
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3667 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 1731

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Tesla
Code name Tobago G96C
Launch date 5 May 2015 10 March 2009
Place in performance rating 650 652
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 738 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,613 gflops 117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 768 32
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s 11.81 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 165 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 104.0 GB / s 16.13 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6500 MHz 1008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2