NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 98% higher core clock speed: 990 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
  • Around 19% better floating-point performance: 95.04 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 151
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 49 vs 32
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 January 2010 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed 990 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines 48 vs 32
Floating-point performance 95.04 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 170 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark 49 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

  • Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 2145
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 2145
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2273 vs 2145
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2273 vs 2145

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
170
151
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
49
32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2145
2273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2145
2273
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
PassMark - G3D Mark 170 151
PassMark - G2D Mark 49 32
Geekbench - OpenCL 5606
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2145 2273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2145 2273

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT216 G96
Launch date 10 January 2010 15 June 2009
Place in performance rating 1553 1555
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 990 MHz 500 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 95.04 gflops 80 gflops
Gigaflops 142
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 32
Texture fill rate 7.2 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 486 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMIVGASingle Link DVI No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 22.4 GB / s 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory type GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3 GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0
SLI
PCI-E 2.0