NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Quadro NVS 120M provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.10% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.
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Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro NVS 120M sales 1 June 2006. This is a Curie architecture notebook card based on 90 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 512 MB of DDR2 memory clocked at 0.7 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 11.2 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-III interface. Power consumption is at 10 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Quadro NVS 120M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 1496 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 0.81 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | |
| GPU code name | G72 | |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | |
| Release date | 1 June 2006 (19 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Quadro NVS 120M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro NVS 120M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 7 | of 960 (GeForce GTX 660) |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | of 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI) |
| Boost clock speed | 450 MHz | of 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell)) |
| Number of transistors | 112 million | of 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | of 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | of 235 (FirePro S9150) |
| Texture fill rate | 1.800 | of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 2 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 4 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro NVS 120M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | MXM-III |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro NVS 120M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DDR2 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s | of 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080) |
| Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro NVS 120M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API and SDK support
APIs supported by Quadro NVS 120M, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro NVS 120M. 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.
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Quadro NVS 120M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 |
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8 | |
| Valorant | 24−27 |
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 10−11 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Dota 2 | 8−9 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 | |
| Valorant | 24−27 |
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Dota 2 | 8−9 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 | |
| Valorant | 24−27 |
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2 |
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | |
| Valorant | 1−2 |
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2 |
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3 |
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