NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1360 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
Around 61% better floating-point performance: 144 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	26 January 2010 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	1360 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Floating-point performance	144 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 58 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 790 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 58 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 790 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	220
PassMark - G2D Mark	44
Geekbench - OpenCL	5892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1686

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G96C
Launch date	26 January 2010	20 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99
Place in performance rating	1583	not rated
Price now	$79.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1360 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	144 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	48	32
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF + HDA
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, VGADVIHDMI	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	6.6" (16.8 cm)	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.3 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	790 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA