GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce GT 705 OEM

GeForce GT 230
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Oct 2009
GeForce GT 230
GeForce GT 705 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Mar 2014
GeForce GT 705 OEM

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 230

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 705 OEM

46 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GT 230 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 230GeForce GT 705 OEM
GPU NameG94B (G94-300-B1)vsGF119 (GF119-300-A1)
Fab Process55 nmvs40 nm
Die Size196 mm²vs79 mm²
Transistors505 millionvs292 million
Shaders48vs48
Compute Units3vs1
Core clock650 MHzvs874 MHz
ROPs16vs4
TMUs24vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 230GeForce GT 705 OEM
Memory TypeGDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs825 MHz
1650 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 230GeForce GT 705 OEM
TDP75 wattsvs29 watts
Release Date12 Oct 2009vs27 Mar 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 230
    10.40 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 705 OEM
    1.75 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 230
    15.60 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 705 OEM
    6.99 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 230
    57.60 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 705 OEM
    13.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 230
    156.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 705 OEM
    167.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better