NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM vs ATI FireMV 2260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM and ATI FireMV 2260 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 2260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 600 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 11.81 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
2.4x better floating-point performance: 117.5 gflops vs 48 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 169 vs 117

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	738 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.81 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	117.5 gflops vs 48 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	169 vs 117

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2260

Around 25% higher pipelines: 40 vs 32
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	40 vs 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	488 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

169

117

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

488

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM	ATI FireMV 2260
PassMark - G3D Mark	169	117
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	488
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 2260
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G96C	RV620
Launch date	10 March 2009	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	652	308
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	738 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	117.5 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	32	40
Texture fill rate	11.81 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.13 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1008 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2