ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 80 vs 32
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 115.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	80 vs 32
Floating-point performance	115.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 5.76 GTexel / s
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 1595
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 1595

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 5.76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2273 vs 1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2273 vs 1595

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1595

2273

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1595

2273

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1595	2273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1595	2273
PassMark - G3D Mark		151
PassMark - G2D Mark		32

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	M92	G96
Launch date	7 January 2010	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1559	1562
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	115.2 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	32
Texture fill rate	5.76 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	242 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PCI-E 2.0