GeForce FX Go 5700 vs GT 230

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1136not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.78no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)no data
GPU code nameG94BNV36M
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$43.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores484
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data450 MHz
Number of transistors505 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate15.60no data
Floating-point processing power0.156 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs24no 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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB32 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz275 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

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 data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)DDR
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 1 January 2004
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 32 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 130 nm

GT 230 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 136.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 230 and GeForce FX Go 5700. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 230 is a desktop card while GeForce FX Go 5700 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
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