GeForce GT 120 OEM vs GeForce GTS 450
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 120 OEM |
| 56 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTS 450 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 450 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTS 450
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 120 OEM | | GeForce GTS 450 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G96C () | vs | GF106 (GF106-250-KA-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 121 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
| Transistors | 314 million | vs | 1,170 million |
| Shaders | 32 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 738 MHz | vs | 783 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 120 OEM | | GeForce GTS 450 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 504 MHz
1008 MHz effective | vs | 902 MHz
3608 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 120 OEM | | GeForce GTS 450 | |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | vs | 106 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Mar 2009 | vs | 13 Sep 2010 |
GeForce GT 120 OEM
5.90 GP/s
GeForce GTS 450
6.26 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 120 OEM
11.80 GT/s
GeForce GTS 450
25.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 120 OEM
16.10 GB/s
GeForce GTS 450
57.70 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 120 OEM
117.50 GFLOPs
GeForce GTS 450
601.30 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better