Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) vs GeForce GT 120M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 120M and Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
R3 (Mullins/Beema) outperforms GT 120M by a whopping 117% 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 | 1284 | 1161 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.88 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 1.1 (2014) |
| GPU code name | G96C | Beema/Mullins |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 June 2009 (15 years ago) | 29 April 2014 (10 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 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 686 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 8.000 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.08 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | no data |
| TMUs | 16 | no data |
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 2.0 x16 | no data |
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 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (FL 12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | 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.
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 | 6−7
−150%
| 15
+150%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−14.3%
|
8−9
+14.3%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−15.4%
|
30−33
+15.4%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 14−16
−50%
|
21−24
+50%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−30%
|
12−14
+30%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−14.3%
|
8−9
+14.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−20%
|
6−7
+20%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−15.4%
|
30−33
+15.4%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−30%
|
12−14
+30%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−14.3%
|
8−9
+14.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−20%
|
6−7
+20%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−15.4%
|
30−33
+15.4%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 0−1 | 4−5 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−100%
|
8−9
+100%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 1−2 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
−100%
|
4−5
+100%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
This is how GT 120M and R3 (Mullins/Beema) compete in popular games:
- R3 (Mullins/Beema) is 150% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the R3 (Mullins/Beema) is 100% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- R3 (Mullins/Beema) is ahead in 27 tests (87%)
- there's a draw in 4 tests (13%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.36 | 0.78 |
| Recency | 15 June 2009 | 29 April 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 28 nm |
R3 (Mullins/Beema) has a 116.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 120M in performance tests.
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