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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Tesla |
Code name | GT216 | G96 |
Launch date | 7 January 2010 | 15 June 2009 |
Place in performance rating | 1554 | 1555 |
Type | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | medium sized |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |
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PCI-E 2.0 |