NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i 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 230

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
7.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 323 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	323 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 70

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	88 vs 70

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i
PassMark - G3D Mark	323	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	70	88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233
Geekbench - OpenCL	6073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G94B	C73
Launch date	12 October 2009	4 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$43.99
Place in performance rating	1421	1424
Price now	$43.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		630 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3