GeForce 9600 GSO vs GeForce GT 230
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GSO |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
HWBench recommends GeForce 9600 GSO
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GSO | | GeForce GT 230 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 () | vs | G94B (G94-300-B1) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 196 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 505 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 3 |
| Core clock | 550 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 12 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GSO | | GeForce GT 230 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 384 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9600 GSO | | GeForce GT 230 | |
|---|
| TDP | 84 watts | vs | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Apr 2008 | vs | 12 Oct 2009 |
GeForce 9600 GSO
6.60 GP/s
GeForce GT 230
10.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO
26.40 GT/s
GeForce GT 230
15.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO
38.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 230
57.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO
264.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 230
156.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better