NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M vs ATI Radeon X800 XL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M and ATI Radeon X800 XL 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
  • 4.9x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 49 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 271
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2006 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 49 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 980 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 vs 271

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XL

  • 3.6x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 69 vs 47
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 69 vs 47

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
47
69
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
274
271
Name NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M ATI Radeon X800 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark 47 69
PassMark - G2D Mark 274 271

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M ATI Radeon X800 XL

Essentials

Architecture Curie R400
Code name G72 R430
Launch date 1 June 2006 1 December 2004
Place in performance rating 620 622
Type Mobile workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 450 MHz
Core clock speed 450 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 4
Texture fill rate 1.8 GTexel / s 6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 49 Watt
Transistor count 112 million 160 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-III PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0b
OpenGL 2.1 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 11.2 GB / s 31.36 GB / s
Memory bus width 700 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz 980 MHz
Memory type 64 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II