NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 32 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 151 vs 52
10.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 224
10.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 224

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	151 vs 52
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2273 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2273 vs 224

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 114 vs 32

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	114 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

114

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2273

224

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2273

224

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
PassMark - G3D Mark	151	52
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2273	224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2273	224

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96	G72
Launch date	15 June 2009	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	1555	1558
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32	4
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	64
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PCI-E 2.0
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II