NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M vs ATI Radeon X1800 XL

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M and ATI Radeon X1800 XL. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G96CGPU NameR520
N10P-GV1Model numberR520 XL
TeslaArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
55 nmProcess Size90 nm
314 millionTransistors321 million
121 mm²Die Size288 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 15th, 2009Release DateOct 1st, 2005
GeForce 100MFamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 9MPredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

1024 MBMemory Size256 MB
DDR2Memory TypeGDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
16.00 GB/sBandwidth32.00 GB/s

Performance

4.000 GPixel/sPixel fillrate8.000 GPixel/s
8.000 GTexel/sTexture fillrate8.000 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
Memory Clock500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
500 MHzGPU Clock500 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs16
8ROPs16

Board Design

14 WThermal design power (TDP)70 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.3OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model3.0