NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 500 MHz
24875x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 8 GTexel / s
112x more pipelines: 3584 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 55 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 256 MB
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1584 MHz

Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 12 December 2008
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1584 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition

12.1x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1997
PassMark - G2D Mark	961
PassMark - G3D Mark	16857

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Tesla
Code name	GA104	G96C
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	12 December 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	74	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	55 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	32
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	314 million
Floating-point performance		80 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	25.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	1584 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3