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
GPU 1
GPU 2
151
118
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
32
60
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2273
1798
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2273
1798
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-II
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

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

PCI-E 2.0