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NVIDIA GeForce GT 120

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 is a graphics card using a 55 nm process. It has 32 shading units, 512 MB of DDR2 memory on a 128-bit bus, 16.1 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 738 MHz and a 50 W board power rating. It scores 187 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

G96C55 nm

7/10 key specs recorded · 27 facts

Depth: 35 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

32cores

Memory

512 MB

DDR2 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

738 MHz base

Board power

50 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 scores 187 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 24% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,216), measured across 157 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 46.

PassMark G3D Mark

187

Rank #2,216
Faster than 24% of 2,658 GPUs
157 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 9 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 17% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 0% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 averages DirectX 9 9 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 157 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 512 MB

Core clock 500 MHz

Memory clock 800 MHz

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 50 W

First benchmarked 2009-04-02

Samples 157

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 500 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-02. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 / 9500 GT, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename G96C

Chip Not recorded

Process node 55 nm

Transistors 314 M

Die size 121 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 uses the G96C graphics processor, is manufactured on a 55 nm process, contains 314 million transistors and has a die size of 121 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 32

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 16

Render output units (ROPs) 8

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 has 32 shading units, 16 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120.

Clock speeds

Base clock 738 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 runs at a base clock of 738 MHz.

Memory

Size 512 MB

Type DDR2

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 16.1 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 is equipped with 512 MB of DDR2 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 16.1 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 has a board power rating of 50 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 50 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GT 100 Series

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 187

PassMark G2D 46

Rank #2,216

Samples 157

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 3.3 (stated by PassMark)

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120.