Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile vs GeForce GT 230M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 230M with Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GT 230M
2009
Up to 1 GB GDDR3, 23 Watt
0.55

RTX 3000 Mobile outperforms GT 230M by a whopping 4669% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1215208
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.6722.85
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT216TU106
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 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 cores482304
Core clock speed500 MHz945 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1380 MHz
Number of transistors486 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate8.000198.7
Floating-point processing power0.1056 TFLOPS6.359 TFLOPS
Gigaflops158no data
ROPs864
TMUs16144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountUp to 1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)448.0 GB/s
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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVINo outputs
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIHDAno data

Supported technologies

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

Power management8.0no data
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 230M 0.55
RTX 3000 Mobile 26.23
+4669%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GT 230M 212
RTX 3000 Mobile 10116
+4672%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 230M 2363
RTX 3000 Mobile 50309
+2029%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD1−2
−9300%
94
+9300%
4K1−2
−8700%
88
+8700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1333%
40−45
+1333%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1825%
77
+1825%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1667%
50−55
+1667%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1333%
40−45
+1333%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−6700%
65−70
+6700%
Hitman 3 5−6
−960%
50−55
+960%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−991%
120−130
+991%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−1383%
85−90
+1383%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−253%
100−110
+253%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1325%
55−60
+1325%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1667%
50−55
+1667%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1333%
40−45
+1333%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−6700%
65−70
+6700%
Hitman 3 5−6
−960%
50−55
+960%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−991%
120−130
+991%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−1383%
85−90
+1383%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−460%
55−60
+460%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−253%
100−110
+253%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−875%
39
+875%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1667%
50−55
+1667%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1333%
40−45
+1333%
Hitman 3 5−6
−960%
50−55
+960%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−991%
120−130
+991%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−1383%
85−90
+1383%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−460%
56
+460%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−253%
100−110
+253%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−3900%
40−45
+3900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 27−30
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2900%
30−33
+2900%
Hitman 3 6−7
−417%
30−35
+417%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−1700%
50−55
+1700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−14500%
140−150
+14500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1367%
40−45
+1367%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 14−16

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1050%
21−24
+1050%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Metro Exodus 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Metro Exodus 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Hitman 3 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

This is how GT 230M and RTX 3000 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3000 Mobile is 9300% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3000 Mobile is 8700% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3000 Mobile is 14500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3000 Mobile is ahead in 35 tests (50%)
  • there's a draw in 35 tests (50%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.55 26.23
Recency 15 June 2009 27 May 2019
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 80 Watt

GT 230M has 247.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 3000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 4669.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 230M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 230M is a notebook graphics card while Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
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