Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q vs GeForce GT 120M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 120M with Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q, including specs and performance data.
RTX 3000 Max-Q outperforms 120M by a whopping 5267% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1332 | 313 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.98 | 24.82 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | G96C | TU106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 15 June 2009 (16 years ago) | 27 May 2019 (6 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 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1215 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 8.000 | 175.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.08 TFLOPS | 5.599 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 16 | 144 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 288 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 2.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 4 MB |
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 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | 448.0 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 |
| G-SYNC support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | no data | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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 | 1−2
−7200%
| 73
+7200%
|
| 1440p | 0−1 | 45 |
| 4K | 0−1 | 29 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4100%
|
40−45
+4100%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4100%
|
40−45
+4100%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1900%
|
80−85
+1900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−986%
|
75−80
+986%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−465%
|
140−150
+465%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 14−16
−1579%
|
230−240
+1579%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4100%
|
40−45
+4100%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1160%
|
126
+1160%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1900%
|
80−85
+1900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−986%
|
75−80
+986%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−1840%
|
97
+1840%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−465%
|
140−150
+465%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4100%
|
40−45
+4100%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1100%
|
120
+1100%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1900%
|
80−85
+1900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−986%
|
75−80
+986%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−940%
|
52
+940%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−296%
|
103
+296%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−1233%
|
40−45
+1233%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 1−2
−14200%
|
140−150
+14200%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−4200%
|
170−180
+4200%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Escape from Tarkov | 2−3
−2050%
|
40−45
+2050%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−4800%
|
45−50
+4800%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−2900%
|
30−33
+2900%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 45−50 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−364%
|
65
+364%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
−5550%
|
110−120
+5550%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−1900%
|
20−22
+1900%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−950%
|
21−24
+950%
|
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 87
+0%
|
87
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 79
+0%
|
79
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 85
+0%
|
85
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 75
+0%
|
75
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 49
+0%
|
49
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Valorant | 180−190
+0%
|
180−190
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 34
+0%
|
34
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 76
+0%
|
76
+0%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 26
+0%
|
26
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
This is how GT 120M and RTX 3000 Max-Q compete in popular games:
- RTX 3000 Max-Q is 7200% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3000 Max-Q is 14200% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX 3000 Max-Q performs better in 28 tests (44%)
- there's a draw in 35 tests (56%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.36 | 19.32 |
| Recency | 15 June 2009 | 27 May 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 60 Watt |
GT 120M has 328.6% lower power consumption.
RTX 3000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 5266.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 358.3% more advanced lithography process.
The Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 120M in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GT 120M is a notebook graphics card while Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
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