NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 OEM

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 58 Watt vs 75 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Around 28% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 506 MHz
Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 8.1 GTexel / s
Around 61% better floating-point performance: 156 gflops vs 97.15 gflops
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 506 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 8.1 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	156 gflops vs 97.15 gflops
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
PassMark - G3D Mark		323
PassMark - G2D Mark		70
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3233
Geekbench - OpenCL		6073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G94B
Launch date	12 October 2009	12 October 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1421
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$43.99
Price now		$43.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	506 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	97.15 gflops	156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	48
Texture fill rate	8.1 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3