NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition

12.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 171 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 171 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 500 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
6.8x more pipelines: 216 vs 32
6.7x better floating-point performance: 536.5 gflops vs 80 gflops
3.5x more maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 256 MB
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 1584 MHz

Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	216 vs 32
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops vs 80 gflops
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 1584 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G96C	GT200B
Launch date	12 December 2008	27 November 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	32	216
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	41.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.34 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz	1998 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3