Data Center GPU Max Subsystem vs GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition

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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
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Generation 12.5 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameG96CPonte Vecchio
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date12 December 2008 (15 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores3216384
Core clock speed500 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1600 MHz
Number of transistors314 million100,000 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt2400 Watt
Texture fill rate8.0001,638
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS52.43 TFLOPS
ROPs8no data
TMUs161024
Tensor Coresno data1024
Ray Tracing Coresno data128

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount256 MB128 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed792 MHz1565 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.34 GB/s3,205 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 December 2008 10 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 2400 Watt

GT 120M Mac Edition has 17042.9% lower power consumption.

Data Center GPU Max Subsystem, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 51100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition and Data Center GPU Max Subsystem. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition is a notebook card while Data Center GPU Max Subsystem is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition
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