NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 550 MHz

Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	738 MHz vs 550 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Around 86% higher texture fill rate: 22 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
25x more pipelines: 800 vs 32
7.5x better floating-point performance: 880.0 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
Around 76% higher memory clock speed: 1776 MHz vs 1008 MHz
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 720 vs 166
8.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 51
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1731
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1731

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	22 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 32
Floating-point performance	880.0 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
Memory clock speed	1776 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	720 vs 166
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 1731

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

720

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1731

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1731

3350

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark	166	720
PassMark - G2D Mark	51	416
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	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1731	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G96C	M98
Launch date	10 March 2009	9 January 2009
Place in performance rating	606	607
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	738 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	117.5 gflops	880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	32	800
Texture fill rate	11.81 GTexel / s	22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
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	56.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1008 MHz	1776 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay