A16 PCIe vs GeForce GT 120 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG96CGA107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date10 March 2009 (15 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores322560
Core clock speed738 MHz885 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors314 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate11.81135.6
Floating-point processing power0.1175 TFLOPS8.678 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs1680
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed504 MHz1812 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.13 GB/s231.9 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 March 2009 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 250 Watt

GT 120 OEM has 400% lower power consumption.

A16 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 120 OEM and A16 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 120 OEM is a desktop card while A16 PCIe is a workstation one.


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