GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition vs GT 520 OEM

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GF119	G96C
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	20 August 2012 (11 years ago)	12 December 2008 (15 years ago)
Current price	$100	$50

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	32
Core clock speed	589 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.424	8.000
Floating-point performance	269.2 gflops	80 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1584 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	25.34 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 August 2012	12 December 2008
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	14 Watt

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