NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 459 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
5.4x better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 40 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 151 vs 115
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 441
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 441

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 8
Floating-point performance	80 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	151 vs 115
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2273 vs 441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2273 vs 441

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 32

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	111 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

151

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2273

441

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2273

441

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	151	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2273	441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2273	441

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96	G86
Launch date	15 June 2009	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1548	1537
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	8
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	210 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 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PCI-E 2.0