GeForce GT 230 vs Radeon RX 570 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1136
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Power efficiencyno data0.78
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameEllesmereG94B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 December 2017 (6 years ago)12 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599.99 $43.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores204848
Core clock speed926 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate154.415.60
Floating-point processing power4.94 TFLOPS0.156 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12824

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s57.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 December 2017 12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 75 Watt

RX 570 Mobile has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 230, on the other hand, has 13.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 570 Mobile and GeForce GT 230. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 570 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GT 230 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX 570 Mobile
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