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NVIDIA GeForce GT 230: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
GT 230
2009
512 MB GDDR3
0.83
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GT 230 sales 12 October 2009 at a recommended price of $43.99 . This is a Tesla architecture desktop card based on 55 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 57.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 75 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.83% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce GT 230: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 1098 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 0.01 | |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | |
| GPU code name | G94B | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 12 October 2009 (14 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $43.99 | |
| Current price | $123 (2.8x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Technical specs
GeForce GT 230's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GT 230's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 48 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 156 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GT 230 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 230: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 57.6 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 230. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GT 230, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | 1.1 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GT 230. 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.
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%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce GT 230 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
GeForce GT 230's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 230 is Radeon E6460, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GT 230:
Similar GPUs
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