GeForce 8800 GS vs GeForce GT 120 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 8800 GS |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GT 120 OEM |
| 55 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 8800 GS . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
HWBench recommends GeForce 8800 GS
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 8800 GS | | GeForce GT 120 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-150-A2) | vs | G96C () |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 121 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 314 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 32 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 550 MHz | vs | 738 MHz |
| ROPs | 12 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 8800 GS | | GeForce GT 120 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 504 MHz
1008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 384 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 8800 GS | | GeForce GT 120 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 105 watts | vs | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 31 Jan 2008 | vs | 10 Mar 2009 |
GeForce 8800 GS
6.60 GP/s
GeForce GT 120 OEM
5.90 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 8800 GS
26.40 GT/s
GeForce GT 120 OEM
11.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 8800 GS
38.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 120 OEM
16.10 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 8800 GS
264.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 120 OEM
117.50 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better