GeForce GT 230 Overview

GeForce GT 230
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Oct 2009
GeForce GT 230

Core Configuration

GPU G94B
Architecture Nvidia_Tesla
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 48 : 24 : 16
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 156.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 512 Mb
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Memory Speed 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 57.60 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce 8800 GS
    100%
  • GeForce GT 240
    97%
  • Iris Pro Graphics 6200
    87%
  • GeForce 9600 GT
    78%
  • Radeon R5 Graphics IGP
    77%
  • Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
    77%
  • Radeon R5 230
    75%
  • Radeon HD 6450
    75%
  • Radeon HD 6410D IGP
    72%
  • Radeon HD 4580
    72%
  • Radeon HD 3750
    72%
  • Radeon HD 7480D IGP
    70%
  • Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)
    67%
  • Radeon HD 3650
    65%
  • Radeon HD 3730
    65%
  • GeForce GT 230
    59%
  • GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
    58%
  • GeForce GT 610
    58%
  • GeForce GT 520
    58%
  • GeForce GT 220
    54%
  • Radeon HD 3610
    54%
  • Radeon HD 6410D IGP
    53%
  • Radeon HD 6370D IGP
    53%
  • HD Graphics 530 Mobile (Skylake GT2)
    50%
  • Radeon HD 8330 IGP
    48%
  • HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
    43%
  • Radeon HD 8280 IGP
    43%
  • Radeon HD 5490
    39%
  • Radeon HD 5470
    39%
  • Radeon HD 7350 PCI
    39%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GT 230 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 12 Oct 2009. The graphics card houses the G94B die, based on the Nvidia_Tesla architecture which packs 505 million transistors on a 55 nm, 196 mm2 die.

GeForce GT 230 pros and cons

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

GeForce GT 230GeForce 8800 GS
GeForce GT 230GeForce 8800 GS
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Shader units4896
ROPs1612
Graphics processorG94BG92
Process size55 nm65 nm
Memory512 Mb GDDR3 (900 MHz
1800 MHz effective)
384 Mb GDDR3 (800 MHz
1600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width256 bit192 bit
Memory bandwidth57.60 Gb/s38.40 Gb/s
Release date12 Oct 200931 Jan 2008