NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M: specs and benchmarks

NVIDIA started Quadro NVS 120M sales 1 June 2006. This is a Curie architecture notebook card based on 90 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 512 MB of DDR2 memory clocked at 0.7 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 11.2 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-III interface. Power consumption is at 10 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro NVS 120M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	1438
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.84	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	G72
Market segment	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 June 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Quadro NVS 120M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro NVS 120M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	7	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	450 MHz	of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	450 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	112 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	1.800	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
ROPs	2	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	4	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro NVS 120M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface

MXM-III

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro NVS 120M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro NVS 120M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro NVS 120M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	3.0
OpenGL	2.1	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	N/A
Vulkan	N/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro NVS 120M. 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.

NVS 120M 0.12

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.

NVS 120M 46

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro NVS 120M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

Closest competitors

Quadro NVS 120M's performance relative to its closest rivals among mobile workstation graphics cards.

Quadro NVS 150M 150

Quadro NVS 135M 108.33

Quadro NVS 110M 100

Quadro NVS 120M 100

Quadro FX 350M 91.67

AMD equivalent

It seems that there's no AMD equivalent for Quadro NVS 120M. The nearest candidate is Mobility FireGL V5700, however, it's 175% faster and higher by 142 positions in our rating.