GeForce GT 120M vs Radeon HD 8450G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics

Place in the ranking	950	1262
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.91
Architecture	Terascale 3 / GCN (2012)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	no data	G96C
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2012 (12 years ago)	15 June 2009 (15 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	576	32
Core clock speed	720 / 650 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	8.000
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	8
TMUs	no data	16

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	medium sized
Interface	no data	PCIe 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 type	no data	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	no data	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	16 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 data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	no data	4.0
OpenGL	no data	3.3
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +21.4%	27−30 −21.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +21.4%	27−30 −21.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +21.4%	27−30 −21.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

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

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 8450G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, HD 8450G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics surpassed GT 120M in all 29 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.64	0.39
Recency	12 March 2012	15 June 2009
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm

HD 8450G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics has a 320.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 8450G + Radeon HD 8570M Dual Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 120M in performance tests.

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