Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs GeForce GT 120M

Place in the ranking	1262	378
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.91	9.43
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	G96C	Vega 12
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	15 June 2009 (15 years ago)	14 November 2018 (6 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	1280
Core clock speed	500 MHz	815 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1283 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	102.6
Floating-point processing power	0.08 TFLOPS	3.284 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	16	80

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 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	1024 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	740 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	189.4 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.3
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	1.1	-

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

Pro Vega 20 13.75
+3426%

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

Pro Vega 20 5299
+3433%

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 −5800%	59 +5800%
4K	1−2 −4000%	41 +4000%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−950%

21−24
+950%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −967%	30−35 +967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Hitman 3	4−5 −550%	24−27 +550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −788%	70−75 +788%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1800%	76 +1800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −164%	70−75 +164%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −967%	30−35 +967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Hitman 3	4−5 −550%	24−27 +550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −788%	70−75 +788%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1025%	45−50 +1025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −267%	30−35 +267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −164%	70−75 +164%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −967%	30−35 +967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Hitman 3	4−5 −550%	24−27 +550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −788%	70−75 +788%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1025%	45−50 +1025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −244%	31 +244%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −164%	70−75 +164%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	7−8
Hitman 3	6−7 −183%	16−18 +183%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1000%

21−24
+1000%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	6−7

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−500%

12−14
+500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	51 +0%	51 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	46 +0%	46 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Hitman 3	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how GT 120M and Pro Vega 20 compete in popular games:

Pro Vega 20 is 5800% faster in 1080p
Pro Vega 20 is 4000% faster in 4K

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

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Pro Vega 20 is 1800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Pro Vega 20 is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.39	13.75
Recency	15 June 2009	14 November 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	100 Watt

GT 120M has 614.3% lower power consumption.

Pro Vega 20, on the other hand, has a 3425.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro Vega 20 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 Radeon Pro Vega 20 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.