GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition sales 20 January 2009. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Tesla architecture and made with 55 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.6 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 145 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 50 Watt.
We have no data on GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | |
| GPU code name | G96C | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 20 January 2009 (14 years old) | |
| Current price | $115 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition’s specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 32 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 8.800 | of 969.9 (h200 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 89.6 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition and its compatibility with other computer components.
This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 145 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 25. 6 GB/s |
of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 1. 1 |
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| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | 1.1 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
We have no data on GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition benchmark results.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition is Radeon HD 4550.
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition according to our statistics.
Core 2
Duo E8400
10.7%
M1
Max
7.1%
Xeon
X5550
7.1%
Core 2
Duo E8300
3.6%
Core 2
Duo E7500
3.6%
Core 2
Duo E7200
3.6%
Athlon 64
X2 5200+
3.6%
Atom
D525
3.6%
Core 2
Duo E7600
3.6%
Pentium
N3710
3.
6%
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SOLVED: Can I use a Nvidia Geforce GT120 256mb on my iMac? — iMac Intel 27″ EMC 2309 and 2374
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Hi to all!
Like on many many iMacs, my graphics card (was ATI HD4670) died.
And since these are a little expensive, the one that is MXM, cheaper and also present on the first 27 inch iMacs is Nvidia Geforce GT120 256mb, so I wonder if someone know if I can purchase one and put it on my A1312?
I´ve searched on the web but the only thing I´ve seen was that after osx Lion, who had GT120 had Kernel panic errors on El Capitan. Does someone knows if this problem persists on Sierra?
Thanks in advace
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You can’t just put in any MXM board in as the boards firmware needs to be Apples.
These are your choices:
- ATI Radeon HD 4670, 256 MB — Apple P/N 661-5314 (your current bd)
- ATI Radeon HD 4670, 512 MB — Apple P/N 661-5578
- ATI Radeon HD 4850, 512 MB — Apple P/N 661-5314
- ATI Radeon HD 4850, 1 GB — Apple P/N 661-5579
As far a OS panics, many are related to bad VRAM. Some people try pushing this system beyond what it was designed to do. Today we have some very heavy graphical apps which can push the GPU and its memory to the point of failure.
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Dave from MVC
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There were 2 Mac models that used an MXM GT 120.
iMac and X-Serve.
I’m not sure if they will work in later iMacs. Many people have reported that early MXM3 cards don’t work in later iMacs.
Best bet is to find someone who has done it and reported success.
But you aren’t crazy, Apple used MXM form of GT120.
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GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition
Description
NVIDIA started GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition sales on January 20, 2009. This is Tesla architecture desktop card based on 55 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. It has 512 MB of GDDR3 memory at 1.6 GHz, and coupled with a 128-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 25.60 Gb / s.
In terms of compatibility, this is a single-slot PCIe 2.0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 145 mm. An additional power cable is not required for connection, and the power consumption is 50 W.
We don’t have any test results for the GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition.
General
Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of the GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition, as well as when sales started and cost at that time.
| Place in the performance rating | does not participate | |
| Architecture | 90 022 Tesla (2006-2010) | |
| GPU | Desktop | |
| Release date | January 20, 2009 (14 years ago) | |
| Price now | $115 |
Features
GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak of GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Number of stream processors | 32 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core frequency | 550 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 9 0022 314M | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)) |
| Process | 55nm 9 0020 | out of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| TDP | 50W | out of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texturing speed | 8. 800 |
of 969.9 (h200 SXM5 96 GB) | Float performance | 89.6 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Compatibility and dimensions 9 0003
Information on GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition compatibility with other computer components. Useful for example when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one. For desktop video cards, these are the interface and connection bus (compatibility with the motherboard), the physical dimensions of the video card (compatibility with the motherboard and case), additional power connectors (compatibility with the power supply).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 900 22 145 mm | |
| Thickness | 1 slot | |
| Additional power connectors | no |
RAM
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition — type, size, bus, frequency and bandwidth.
For video cards built into the processor that do not have their own memory, a shared part of the RAM is used.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum memory | 9002 2512 MB | out of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | |
| Memory clock | 1600 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.60 Gb/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for laptop ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
| Video connectors | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition, including their versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | |
| Shader model | ||
| OpenGL | 3.3 | from 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 (mobile)) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| Vulkan N/A | ||
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Benchmark testsThese are the results of the GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition’s rendering performance benchmarks in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest video card at the moment. We don’t have any test results for the GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition. AMD competitor
We believe that the nearest equivalent to the GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition from AMD is the Radeon HD 4550. we recommend several video cards that are more or less similar in performance to the reviewed one. Radeon HD 4550 Compare GeForce GT 520 Compare Recommended ProcessorsAccording to our statistics, these processors are most often used with the GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition. 10.7% 7.1% 7.1% 3.6% 3.6% 3.6% 3. |
