GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition vs FirePro W5130M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 778 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Tropo | G96C |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 2 October 2015 (10 years ago) | 12 December 2008 (17 years ago) |
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 cores | 512 | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 14 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 29.60 | 8.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.9472 TFLOPS | 0.08 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 32 KB |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 792 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 25.34 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 October 2015 | 12 December 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 55 nm |
W5130M has an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro W5130M and GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro W5130M is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition is a mobile workstation one.
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