GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition vs GTX 1060 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking278not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.42no data
Power efficiency17.15no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGP106G96C
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)20 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores128032
Core clock speed1506 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.68.800
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPS0.0896 TFLOPS
ROPs488
TMUs8016

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB512 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s25.6 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 ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 20 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 16 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 1060 Mobile has an age advantage of 7 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 243.8% more advanced lithography process.

GT 120 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
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