GeForce GT 230 vs 8800 GS

Place in performance ranking	1090	1097
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.01	0.01
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92	G94B
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	31 January 2008 (16 years ago)	12 October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$43.99
Current price	$145	$123 (2.8x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

8800 GS and GT 230 have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	48
Core clock speed	550 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	505 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	26.40	15.60
Floating-point performance	264 gflops	156 gflops

Size and 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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

Memory

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	57.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8800 GS 0.85
+2.4%

GT 230 0.83

8800 GS outperforms GT 230 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

8800 GS 330
+2.2%

GT 230 323

8800 GS outperforms GT 230 by 2% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	0.85	0.83
Recency	31 January 2008	12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	75 Watt