NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 28 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 28 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

2x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
3x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 151
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 50 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 32
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	554 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	50 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

151

554

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
PassMark - G3D Mark	151	554
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	50
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2273
Geekbench - OpenCL		8215

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G96	GT215
Launch date	15 June 2009	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1548	1535
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	32	96
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	727 million
CUDA cores		96
Gigaflops		360
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PCI-E 2.0
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI