Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2 vs GeForce GT 230M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1286 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.77 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GT216 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 June 2009 (16 years ago) | 31 January 2012 (14 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 cores | 48 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 486 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 85 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 8.000 | 38.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1056 TFLOPS | 1.229 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 158 | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 48 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 768 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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 1 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3) | 240.0 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 Connectors | Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | + |
| 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 and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 June 2009 | 31 January 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 85 Watt |
GT 230M has 270% lower power consumption.
HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 230M and Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 230M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2 is a desktop one.
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