NVIDIA GRID K120Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K120Q 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, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 738 MHz
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 13.6 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 192 vs 32
2.8x better floating-point performance: 326.4 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 77% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 293 vs 166
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 278 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 32
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	293 vs 166
PassMark - G2D Mark	278 vs 51

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K120Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

293

166

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

Name	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	293	166
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	51
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 - T-Rex (Frames)		1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1731

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK107	G96C
Launch date	2 July 2014	10 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$125
Place in performance rating	603	606
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	738 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	192	32
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	11.81 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	16.13 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2