NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M vs ATI FireGL V3100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M and ATI FireGL V3100 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.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

ATI FireGL V3100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 391 MHz
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.564 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 392 MHz

Launch date	1 June 2006 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 391 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.564 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 392 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3100

Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 53 vs 47

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	53 vs 47
PassMark - G2D Mark	275 vs 274

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

274

275

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M	ATI FireGL V3100
PassMark - G3D Mark	47	53
PassMark - G2D Mark	274	275

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M	ATI FireGL V3100
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	G72	RV370
Launch date	1 June 2006	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	612	613
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	391 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	4
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	1.564 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	112 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	3.136 GB / s
Memory bus width	700 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	392 MHz
Memory type	64	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II