Radeon 540X vs GeForce GT 230M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 230M and Radeon 540X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 230M
2009
Up to 1 GB GDDR3, 23 Watt
0.49

540X outperforms 230M by a whopping 600% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1276757
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.725.55
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGT216Lexa
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 June 2009 (16 years ago)5 September 2018 (7 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 cores48512
Core clock speed500 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1046 MHz
Number of transistors486 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate8.00033.47
Floating-point processing power0.1056 TFLOPS1.071 TFLOPS
Gigaflops158no data
ROPs816
TMUs1632
L1 Cacheno data128 KB
L2 Cache64 KB512 KB

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 sizedno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountUp to 1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)48 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVINo outputs
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
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

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

GT 230M 0.49
Radeon 540X 3.43
+600%

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 215
Samples: 504
Radeon 540X 1515
+605%
Samples: 75

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
Radeon 540X 11545
+389%

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 HD2−3
−850%
19
+850%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−800%
9
+800%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−140%
12
+140%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Far Cry 5 0−1 10−12
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Valorant 27−30
−92.6%
50−55
+92.6%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 16−18
−224%
55
+224%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Dota 2 10−12
−327%
47
+327%
Far Cry 5 0−1 10−12
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Metro Exodus 0−1 6
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−220%
16
+220%
Valorant 27−30
−92.6%
50−55
+92.6%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Dota 2 10−12
−300%
44
+300%
Far Cry 5 0−1 10−12
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−100%
10
+100%
Valorant 27−30
−92.6%
50−55
+92.6%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 2−3
−1300%
27−30
+1300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Hogwarts Legacy 0−1 4−5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 0−1 7−8

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Valorant 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 17
+0%
17
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 26
+0%
26
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 17
+0%
17
+0%
Fortnite 62
+0%
62
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 17
+0%
17
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 20
+0%
20
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 5
+0%
5
+0%
Fortnite 22
+0%
22
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 15
+0%
15
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 18
+0%
18
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 17
+0%
17
+0%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Valorant 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

This is how GT 230M and Radeon 540X compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 540X is 850% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 540X is 1300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 540X performs better in 31 tests (60%)
  • there's a draw in 21 tests (40%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.49 3.43
Recency 15 June 2009 5 September 2018
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 50 Watt

GT 230M has 117.4% lower power consumption.

Radeon 540X, on the other hand, has a 600% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 540X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 230M in performance tests.

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