Vanta LT vs GeForce GT 230 OEM

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	G92B	NV5 B5
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 April 2009 (15 years ago)	1 March 2000 (24 years ago)
Current price	no data	$138

Detailed Specifications

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	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	105 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	24.00	0.21
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 2x
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory type	DDR2	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	8 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	100 MHz
Memory bandwidth	24 GB/s	800.0 MB/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 Connectors

No outputs

1x VGA

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	6.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	27 April 2009	1 March 2000
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	8 MB
Chip lithography	55 nm	250 nm

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