ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT vs GeForce GT 120M

Place in the ranking	1264	1307
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.92	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	G96C	M76
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 June 2009 (15 years ago)	14 May 2007 (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	32	120
Core clock speed	500 MHz	680 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	390 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	8.000	5.440
Floating-point processing power	0.08 TFLOPS	0.1632 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	16	8

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	MXM-II

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	24 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	-

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
World of Tanks	14−16 +7.7%	12−14 −7.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Valorant	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 120M is 20% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GT 120M is ahead in 6 tests (19%)
there's a draw in 26 tests (81%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.39	0.33
Recency	15 June 2009	14 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	55 nm	65 nm

GT 120M has a 18.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 120M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT in performance tests.

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