NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM vs ATI FireMV 2200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM and ATI FireMV 2200 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 FireMV 2200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 324 MHz
9.1x more texture fill rate: 11.81 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 1008 MHz vs 392 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 169 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 1 January 2006
Core clock speed	738 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.81 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1008 MHz vs 392 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	169 vs 36

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 259 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	259 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

169

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

259

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM	ATI FireMV 2200
PassMark - G3D Mark	169	36
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	259
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 GeForce GT 120 OEM	ATI FireMV 2200
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 9
Code name	G96C	RV370
Launch date	10 March 2009	1 January 2006
Place in performance rating	652	654
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	738 MHz	324 MHz
Floating-point performance	117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	11.81 GTexel / s	1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.13 GB / s	3.136 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1008 MHz	392 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR