Intel HD Graphics 2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 2000 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics 2000

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 738 MHz
72x more texture fill rate: 850 MTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 52
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 213 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate	850 MTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	456 vs 52
PassMark - G3D Mark	213 vs 160

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

5.3x more pipelines: 32 vs 6
11.5x better floating-point performance: 117.5 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1731 vs 1039
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1731 vs 1039

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	32 vs 6
Floating-point performance	117.5 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1731 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1731 vs 1039

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1039

1731

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1039

1731

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

456

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

213

160

Name	Intel HD Graphics 2000	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1039	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1039	1731
PassMark - G2D Mark	456	52
PassMark - G3D Mark	213	160
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		179.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1813.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		757.451
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3689

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 2000	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 6.0	Tesla
Code name	Sandy Bridge GT1	G96C
Launch date	5 January 2011	10 March 2009
Place in performance rating	683	684
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	738 MHz
Floating-point performance	10.2 gflops	117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	6	32
Texture fill rate	850 MTexel / s	11.81 GTexel / s
Transistor count	189 million	314 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.1	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		16.13 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1008 MHz
Memory type		DDR2