NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 OEM

  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 72 gflops
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 32
Floating-point performance 240 gflops vs 72 gflops
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 OEM NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 161
PassMark - G2D Mark 43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1687

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 OEM NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G92B G96C
Launch date 27 April 2009 9 April 2009
Place in performance rating not rated 1578
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $59.46
Value for money (0-100) 5.88

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 240 gflops 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 96 32
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s 7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 198 mm

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 24 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3

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