NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM vs ATI Radeon X600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM and ATI Radeon X600 XT 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 Radeon X600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 500 MHz
5.9x more texture fill rate: 11.81 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 1008 MHz vs 740 MHz
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 169 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	738 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.81 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1008 MHz vs 740 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	169 vs 92

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 XT

2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

169

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM	ATI Radeon X600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	169	92
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	258
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 Radeon X600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 9
Code name	G96C	RV380
Launch date	10 March 2009	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	652	655
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	738 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	11.81 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.13 GB / s	11.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1008 MHz	740 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR