GeForce GT 230M vs Radeon R7 M275DX

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 M275DX and GeForce GT 230M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 M275DX
2014
2.92
+496%

R7 M275DX outperforms 230M by a whopping 496% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7881271
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.72
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameno dataGT216
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2014 (11 years ago)15 June 2009 (16 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 cores89648
Core clock speedno data500 MHz
Number of transistorsno data486 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data23 Watt
Texture fill rateno data8.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.1056 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data158
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data16
L2 Cacheno data64 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 sizedmedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno dataUp to 1 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno dataUp to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidthno data16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
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 Connectorsno dataDual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI
Eyefinity+-
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataHDA

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
Power managementno data8.0

API and SDK support

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

DirectX1211.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
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.

R7 M275DX 2.92
+496%
GT 230M 0.49

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.

R7 M275DX 8309
+252%
GT 230M 2363

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 HD24
+500%
4−5
−500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry 5 9−10 0−1
Fortnite 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Forza Horizon 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Valorant 45−50
+71.4%
27−30
−71.4%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 47
+176%
16−18
−176%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Dota 2 30−33
+173%
10−12
−173%
Far Cry 5 9−10 0−1
Fortnite 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Forza Horizon 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Grand Theft Auto V 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Valorant 45−50
+71.4%
27−30
−71.4%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Dota 2 30−33
+173%
10−12
−173%
Far Cry 5 9−10 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Valorant 45−50
+71.4%
27−30
−71.4%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3 0−1
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Valorant 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 6−7 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Valorant 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

This is how R7 M275DX and GT 230M compete in popular games:

  • R7 M275DX is 500% 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 R7 M275DX is 1050% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, R7 M275DX surpassed GT 230M in all 32 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.92 0.49
Recency 4 June 2014 15 June 2009
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

R7 M275DX has a 495.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R7 M275DX is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 230M in performance tests.

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AMD Radeon R7 M275DX
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