NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 738 MHz
  • 11.6x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
  • 40x more pipelines: 1280 vs 32
  • 37.2x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
  • 10x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 512 MB
  • 7.9x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1008 MHz
  • 53.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9039 vs 169
  • 7.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 614 vs 80
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1731
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1731
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 December 2017 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 32
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 5 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9039 vs 169
PassMark - G2D Mark 614 vs 80
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 1731

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3689 vs 3417
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3689 vs 3417
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3689 vs 3417
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3689 vs 3417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9039
169
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
614
80
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3417
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3417
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1731
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 9039 169
PassMark - G2D Mark 614 80
Geekbench - OpenCL 33562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3417 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3417 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 1731
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3908
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 179.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1813.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 757.451

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla
Code name GP106 G96C
Launch date 26 December 2017 10 March 2009
Place in performance rating 308 652
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 738 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1280 32
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 11.81 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 250 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 160.2 GB / s 16.13 GB / s
Memory bus width 160 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 1008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2