RTX A3000 Mobile vs GeForce GT 120M

Place in the ranking	1259	168
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.94	32.15
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	G96C	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	15 June 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 cores	32	4096
Core clock speed	500 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1230 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	70 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	157.4
Floating-point processing power	0.08 TFLOPS	10.08 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	16	128
Tensor Cores	no data	128
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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 size	medium sized	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 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 type	DDR2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	264.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.1	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 120M 0.39

RTX A3000 Mobile 32.35
+8195%

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

RTX A3000 Mobile 12480
+8220%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −10300%	104 +10300%
1440p	0−1	52
4K	0−1	44

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−3750%

77
+3750%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3250%	65−70 +3250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3200%	66 +3200%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1600%	65−70 +1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1675%	140−150 +1675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2775%	110−120 +2775%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −321%	110−120 +321%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3250%	65−70 +3250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2550%	53 +2550%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1600%	65−70 +1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1675%	140−150 +1675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −3250%	134 +3250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −656%	65−70 +656%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −321%	110−120 +321%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3250%	65−70 +3250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2050%	43 +2050%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1600%	65−70 +1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1325%	114 +1325%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2750%	114 +2750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −578%	61 +578%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −39.3%	39 +39.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	27
Hitman 3	6−7 −583%	40−45 +583%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −3350%	65−70 +3350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2700%

55−60
+2700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	18−20

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1300%

27−30
+1300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79 +0%	79 +0%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	68 +0%	68 +0%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	51 +0%	51 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

80−85

+0%

80−85

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	86 +0%	86 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Hitman 3	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45 +0%	45 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	51 +0%	51 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

This is how GT 120M and RTX A3000 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A3000 Mobile is 10300% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RTX A3000 Mobile is 3750% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX A3000 Mobile is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.39	32.35
Recency	15 June 2009	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	70 Watt

GT 120M has 400% lower power consumption.

RTX A3000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 8194.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A3000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 120M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 120M is a notebook graphics card while RTX A3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.