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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M | ATI Radeon X800 XL |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 47 | 69 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 274 | 271 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M | ATI Radeon X800 XL | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | R400 |
Code name | G72 | R430 |
Launch date | 1 June 2006 | 1 December 2004 |
Place in performance rating | 618 | 619 |
Type | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-III | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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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 |
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CineFX 4.0 | ||
Intellisample 4.0 | ||
PowerMizer 6.0 | ||
UltraShadow II |