GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition vs FirePro W5000 DVI

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code namePitcairnG96C
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date25 February 2013 (11 years ago)20 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores76832
Core clock speed825 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate39.608.800
Floating-point processing power1.267 TFLOPS0.0896 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs4816

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length191 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s25.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 February 2013 20 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

W5000 DVI has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

GT 120 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5000 DVI and GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W5000 DVI is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition is a desktop one.


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