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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

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