Matrox Parhelia 256 MB vs GeForce GT 230M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1179	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.09	no data
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Parhelia (2002−2006)
GPU code name	N10P-GE	Parhelia-512
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 June 2009 (15 years ago)	25 June 2002 (22 years ago)
Current price	$57	$234

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	48	no data
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	200 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	80 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	8.000	0.8
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	158	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 230M and Matrox Parhelia 256 MB compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	no data	175 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)	16 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI	2x DVI
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	HDA	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	8.1
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	2.1	1.5
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 June 2009	25 June 2002
Chip lithography	40 nm	150 nm

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