Radeon HD 2900 GT vs GeForce GT 230

Place in performance ranking	1098	1113
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.01	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	G94B	R600
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	12 October 2009 (14 years old)	6 November 2007 (16 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$43.99	no data
Current price	$123 (2.8x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	48	240
Core clock speed	650 MHz	601 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	720 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.60	7.212
Floating-point performance	156 gflops	288.48 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 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin

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	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	51.2 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

No outputs

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	no data

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.

GT 230 0.83
+10.7%

ATI HD 2900 GT 0.75

GeForce GT 230 outperforms Radeon HD 2900 GT by 11% 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%

GT 230 323
+10.6%

ATI HD 2900 GT 292

GeForce GT 230 outperforms Radeon HD 2900 GT by 11% 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	0.83	0.75
Recency	12 October 2009	6 November 2007
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	55 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt