NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 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 Quadro FX 1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
5.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 55 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 47 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2006 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 55 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	47 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 276 vs 274

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	276 vs 274

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

274

276

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
PassMark - G3D Mark	47	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	274	276

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	G72	NV38 A1
Launch date	1 June 2006	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	612	614
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	4
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	112 million	135 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
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	700 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	64	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II