NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M and NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 29 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
• Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 151 vs 124
• Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 1701
• Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 1701

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

• Around 25% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 500 MHz
• Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
• Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
• Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	151 124
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	32 57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2273 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2273 1701

Compare specifications (specs)