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).

 

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 121
PassMark - G2D Mark 120
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 1501
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