NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition

2x more pipelines: 32 vs 2x 8
2x better floating-point performance: 89.6 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Pipelines	32 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

2.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 50 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark		103
PassMark - G2D Mark		143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		658

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96C	G98
Launch date	20 January 2009	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1454
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	32	2x 8
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3