NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM vs ATI FirePro V5700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM and ATI FirePro V5700 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 FirePro V5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 56 Watt

Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 8 August 2008
Core clock speed	738 MHz vs 700 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 56 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V5700

Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
3.8x better floating-point performance: 448.0 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1008 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 465 vs 169
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 469 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 32
Floating-point performance	448.0 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	465 vs 169
PassMark - G2D Mark	469 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V5700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

169

465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

469

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM	ATI FirePro V5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	169	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	469
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 FirePro V5700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G96C	RV730
Launch date	10 March 2009	8 August 2008
Place in performance rating	652	317
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	738 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	117.5 gflops	448.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	32	320
Texture fill rate	11.81 GTexel / s	22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	56 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 2x 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.13 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1008 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3