GeForce 8800 GS vs GeForce GT 230

GeForce 8800 GS
Memory: 384Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 31 Jan 2008
GeForce 8800 GS
GeForce GT 230
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Oct 2009
GeForce GT 230

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce 8800 GS

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 230

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

GeForce 8800 GS

HWBench recommends GeForce 8800 GS

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 8800 GSGeForce GT 230
GPU NameG92 (G92-150-A2)vsG94B (G94-300-B1)
Fab Process65 nmvs55 nm
Die Size324 mm²vs196 mm²
Transistors754 millionvs505 million
Shaders96vs48
Compute Units6vs3
Core clock550 MHzvs650 MHz
ROPs12vs16
TMUs48vs24

Memory Configuration

GeForce 8800 GSGeForce GT 230
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR3
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size384 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 8800 GSGeForce GT 230
TDP105 wattsvs75 watts
Release Date31 Jan 2008vs12 Oct 2009

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 8800 GS
    6.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 230
    10.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 8800 GS
    26.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 230
    15.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 8800 GS
    38.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 230
    57.60 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 8800 GS
    264.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 230
    156.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better