NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 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 Quadro FX 880M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
  • Around 45% better floating-point performance: 116.16 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 224 vs 151
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 55 vs 32
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2010 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 8.8 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 48 vs 32
Floating-point performance 116.16 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 224 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark 55 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 1814
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 1814
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2273 vs 1814
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2273 vs 1814

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
224
151
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
55
32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1814
2273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1814
2273
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
PassMark - G3D Mark 224 151
PassMark - G2D Mark 55 32
Geekbench - OpenCL 6543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1814 2273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1814 2273

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT216 G96
Launch date 7 January 2010 15 June 2009
Place in performance rating 1553 1554
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 116.16 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 32
Texture fill rate 8.8 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 486 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.28 GB / s 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3, DDR3 GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

PCI-E 2.0