NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 4.9x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 103 MHz
- Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 6.88 GTexel / s
- Around 16% better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 68.8 gflops
- Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 20 Watt
- Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 151 vs 118
- Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 1798
- Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 1798
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 15 June 2009 vs 3 June 2008 |
Core clock speed | 500 MHz vs 103 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 8 GTexel / s vs 6.88 GTexel / s |
Floating-point performance | 80 gflops vs 68.8 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt vs 20 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 151 vs 118 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2273 vs 1798 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2273 vs 1798 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
- Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 60 vs 32
Specifications (specs) | |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 60 vs 32 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M | NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 151 | 118 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 32 | 60 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2273 | 1798 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2273 | 1798 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M | NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G96 | G96 |
Launch date | 15 June 2009 | 3 June 2008 |
Place in performance rating | 1548 | 1536 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 103 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 80 gflops | 68.8 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 32 | 32 |
Texture fill rate | 8 GTexel / s | 6.88 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt | 20 Watt |
Transistor count | 314 million | 314 million |
CUDA cores | 32 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-II |
Laptop size | medium sized | medium sized |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 16 GB / s | 25.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR2, GDDR3 | GDDR2, GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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PCI-E 2.0 |