NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 264

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2006 vs 18 April 2006
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 45 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 264

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
6.7x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 24 vs 4
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 270 vs 47

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	24 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	270 vs 47

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

274

264

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	47	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	274	264

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G72	G71
Launch date	1 June 2006	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	620	621
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	4	24
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	112 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	700 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	64	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II