Tesla M10 vs GeForce GT 230 OEM

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated506
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.55
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameG92BGM107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date27 April 2009 (15 years ago)18 May 2016 (8 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96640
Core clock speed500 MHz1033 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1306 MHz
Number of transistors754 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate24.0052.24
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPS1.672 TFLOPS
ROPs1216
TMUs4840

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth24 GB/s83.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA1.15.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 April 2009 18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt

GT 230 OEM has 200% lower power consumption.

Tesla M10, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 230 OEM and Tesla M10. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 230 OEM is a desktop card while Tesla M10 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 OEM
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