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.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

ATI Radeon X800 XL

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

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	619	620
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