AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 738 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 6.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1008 MHz
  • 46.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7657 vs 166
  • 13.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 676 vs 51
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1890.261 vs 1813.265
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.008 vs 38.948
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3709 vs 3689
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 1731
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3709 vs 3689
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 1731
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 October 2018 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed 1168 MHz vs 738 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7657 vs 166
PassMark - G2D Mark 676 vs 51
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1890.261 vs 1813.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.008 vs 38.948
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 vs 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 vs 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 1731

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 179.899 vs 122.268
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.817 vs 10.121
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 757.451 vs 625.621
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 179.899 vs 122.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.817 vs 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 757.451 vs 625.621

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7657
166
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
676
51
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
122.268
179.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1890.261
1813.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.121
13.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
117.008
38.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
625.621
757.451
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
1731
Name AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 7657 166
PassMark - G2D Mark 676 51
Geekbench - OpenCL 34598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 122.268 179.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1890.261 1813.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.121 13.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.008 38.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 625.621 757.451
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 1731
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 849

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Tesla
Code name Polaris 20 G96C
Launch date 15 October 2018 10 March 2009
Place in performance rating 358 606
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1284 MHz
Core clock speed 1168 MHz 738 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 314 million
Floating-point performance 117.5 gflops
Pipelines 32
Texture fill rate 11.81 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1008 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 16.13 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory type DDR2