GeForce 610M vs GT 120M

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1149
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data4.51
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG96CGF119
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)1 December 2011 (12 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 cores3248
Core clock speed500 MHz738 MHz
Boost clock speedno data900 MHz
Number of transistors314 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate8.0005.904
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS0.1417 TFLOPS
Video decodersno dataH.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p
ROPs84
TMUs168

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 sizedno data
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeDDR2DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sUp to 14.4 GB/s
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 outputs
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno dataUp to 2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 API
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.5
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



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.

GT 120M 150
GeForce 610M 290
+93.3%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 June 2009 1 December 2011
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 12 Watt

GeForce 610M has an age advantage of 2 years, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 120M and GeForce 610M. We've got no test results to judge.


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