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).
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 |
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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 Quadro FX 3500 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
Code name | G96 | G71 |
Launch date | 15 June 2009 | 22 May 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 1554 | 1556 |
Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,599 | |
Price now | $129.98 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 2.07 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Length | 173 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |
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PCI-E 2.0 |