NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM vs ATI FireGL V5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM and ATI FireGL V5600 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 GeForce GT 120 OEM

ATI FireGL V5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 85% higher texture fill rate: 11.81 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 78% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 89 Watt

Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 28 June 2007
Texture fill rate	11.81 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 89 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5600

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 738 MHz
3.8x more pipelines: 120 vs 32
Around 63% better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
2.2x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1008 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 341 vs 166
8.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 51
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2204 vs 1731
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2204 vs 1731

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 738 MHz
Pipelines	120 vs 32
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	341 vs 166
PassMark - G2D Mark	445 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2204 vs 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2204 vs 1731

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

445

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1731

2204

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1731

2204

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM	ATI FireGL V5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	166	341
PassMark - G2D Mark	51	445
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	2204
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1731	2204

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM	ATI FireGL V5600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G96C	RV630
Launch date	10 March 2009	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	632	633
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	738 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	117.5 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	32	120
Texture fill rate	11.81 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.13 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1008 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR4