NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
- Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 23 Watt
- Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 1860
- Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 1860
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt vs 23 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2273 vs 1860 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2273 vs 1860 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
- 2.4x more core clock speed: 1210 MHz vs 500 MHz
- Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
- Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
- Around 45% better floating-point performance: 116.16 gflops vs 80 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 213 vs 151
- Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 49 vs 32
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1210 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 8.8 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 48 vs 32 |
Floating-point performance | 116.16 gflops vs 80 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 213 vs 151 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 49 vs 32 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
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 GT 240M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 151 | 213 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 32 | 49 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2273 | 1860 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2273 | 1860 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6433 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla 2.0 |
Code name | G96 | GT216 |
Launch date | 15 June 2009 | 15 June 2009 |
Place in performance rating | 1562 | 1563 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 1210 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 80 gflops | 116.16 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 32 | 48 |
Texture fill rate | 8 GTexel / s | 8.8 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt | 23 Watt |
Transistor count | 314 million | 486 million |
CUDA cores | 48 | |
Gigaflops | 174 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | Single Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGA |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | medium sized |
Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
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 | |
Memory type | GDDR2, GDDR3 | DDR3, GDDR2, GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 |