GeForce GT 230 OEM vs FirePro M3900
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Seymour | G92B |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 19 October 2010 (15 years ago) | 27 April 2009 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 160 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 750 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 754 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.000 | 24.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | 0.24 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 12 |
| TMUs | 8 | 48 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 48 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | n/a | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Form factor | chip-down | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1536 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14 GB/s | 24 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 October 2010 | 27 April 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1536 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 75 Watt |
FirePro M3900 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 38% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.
GT 230 OEM, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M3900 and GeForce GT 230 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M3900 is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 230 OEM is a desktop one.
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