Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU vs GeForce GT 120M

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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
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)no data
GPU code nameN10P-GV1no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 February 2009 (15 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores3219
Core clock speed500 MHz444 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1398 MHz
Number of transistors314 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate8.000no data
Floating-point processing power0.08 gflopsno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs16no 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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR2, GDDR3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)no data
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 February 2009 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 20 Watt

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 15% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 120M and Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
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