GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs GT 120M

Place in the ranking	1260	18
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.91	41.16
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	G96C	AD103
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 June 2009 (15 years ago)	3 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 cores	32	9728
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1335 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	515.3
Floating-point processing power	0.08 TFLOPS	32.98 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	112
TMUs	16	304
Tensor Cores	no data	304
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	76

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	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 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	DDR2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	576.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.1	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 120M 0.39

RTX 4090 Mobile 72.11
+18390%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 120M 150

RTX 4090 Mobile 27785
+18423%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	0−1	178
1440p	0−1	134
4K	-0−1	82

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−7700%

156
+7700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3700%	110−120 +3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −5150%	100−110 +5150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −7000%	142 +7000%
Hitman 3	4−5 −4100%	168 +4100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2525%	210−220 +2525%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −5300%	210−220 +5300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −418%	140−150 +418%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3700%	110−120 +3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −5150%	100−110 +5150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −6700%	136 +6700%
Hitman 3	4−5 −4075%	167 +4075%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2525%	210−220 +2525%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −9575%	387 +9575%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1156%	110−120 +1156%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −418%	140−150 +418%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3700%	110−120 +3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −5150%	100−110 +5150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −6150%	125 +6150%
Hitman 3	4−5 −3700%	152 +3700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −3713%	305 +3713%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −9150%	370 +9150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −2167%	204 +2167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −329%	120 +329%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	95
Hitman 3	6−7 −2200%	138 +2200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −12550%	253 +12550%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−4600%

90−95
+4600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4000%	40−45 +4000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	78

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2550%

50−55
+2550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Battlefield 5	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	187 +0%	187 +0%
Battlefield 5	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	161 +0%	161 +0%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

+0%

110−120

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	128 +0%	128 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	260−270 +0%	260−270 +0%
Metro Exodus	128 +0%	128 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	294 +0%	294 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	164 +0%	164 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Hitman 3	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65 +0%	65 +0%
Metro Exodus	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	150 +0%	150 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	48 +0%	48 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	156 +0%	156 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	69 +0%	69 +0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 Mobile is 12550% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4090 Mobile is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.39	72.11
Recency	15 June 2009	3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	120 Watt

GT 120M has 757.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 18389.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1275% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 120M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.