GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9800 GTX |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Mac Edition |
| 90 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 9800 GTX . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 9800 GTX
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-420-A2) | vs | G96C () |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 121 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 314 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 32 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 675 MHz | vs | 550 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1100 MHz
2200 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Mar 2008 | vs | 20 Jan 2009 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better