NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G96C | NV11B |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Tesla | Celsius |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 180 nm |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 20 million |
| Die size | 121 mm² | 64 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | MX400 |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Dec 12th, 2008 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 100M | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 9M | — |
| Successor | GeForce 200M | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 500 MHz | 200 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1250 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 792 MHz 1584 Mbps effective | 166 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 32 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | SDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 25.34 GB/s | 2.656 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 32 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 4 |
| ROPs | 8 | 2 |
| SM count | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 2 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 0 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.000 GPixel/s | 400.0 MPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 8.000 GTexel/s | 800.0 MTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 80.00 GFLOPS | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 14 W | unknown |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA |
| Slot width | — | Single-slot |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | None |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 7.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | — |
| Vertex shader | — | — |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Mar 3rd, 2001 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 2 MX |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | AGP 4x |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 256 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 3 |
