GeForce GT 120 OEM vs Quadro K620M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	735	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GM108	G96C
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	1 March 2015 (9 years ago)	10 March 2009 (15 years ago)
Current price	no data	$317

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	384	32
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	738 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.98	11.81
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	117.5 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K620M and GeForce GT 120 OEM compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	16.13 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 March 2015	10 March 2009
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	50 Watt

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