NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 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 Quadro FX 3500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 80 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 882
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 22 May 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2273 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2273 vs 882

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 260 vs 151
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	260 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	81 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

151

260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2273

882

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2273

882

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
PassMark - G3D Mark	151	260
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2273	882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2273	882

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96	G71
Launch date	15 June 2009	22 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1555	1557
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Price now		$129.98
Value for money (0-100)		2.07
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		173 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1320 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PCI-E 2.0