NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M vs ATI Radeon X1650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M and ATI Radeon X1650 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

ATI Radeon X1650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
4x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 1615
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 1615

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 1 February 2007
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2273 vs 1615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2273 vs 1615

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2273

1615

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2273

1615

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M	ATI Radeon X1650
PassMark - G3D Mark	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2273	1615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2273	1615

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M	ATI Radeon X1650
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G96	RV530
Launch date	15 June 2009	1 February 2007
Place in performance rating	1562	1565
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PCI-E 2.0