NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition

  • 4.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 219 Watt
  • Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 219 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1134 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 5.8x more texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
  • 7.5x more pipelines: 240 vs 32
  • 7.5x better floating-point performance: 673.9 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
  • Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 512 MB
Core clock speed 1404 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 50.6 billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 240 vs 32
Floating-point performance 673.9 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Maximum memory size 896 MB vs 512 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
PassMark - G3D Mark 1385
PassMark - G2D Mark 67
Geekbench - OpenCL 23256
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3195

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla 2.0
Code name G96C GT200B
Launch date 20 January 2009 15 January 2009
Place in performance rating not rated 1231
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $249
Price now $119.99
Value for money (0-100) 13.43

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 1404 MHz
Floating-point performance 89.6 gflops 673.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 32 240
Texture fill rate 8.8 GTexel / s 50.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 219 Watt
Transistor count 314 million 1,400 million
CUDA cores 240
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 896 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 127.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 448 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1134 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI