NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 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 8300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 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 80 nm
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 323 vs 102
9.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 329
9.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 329

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	323 vs 102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233 vs 329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233 vs 329

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 70

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 70

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3233

329

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3233

329

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
PassMark - G3D Mark	323	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	70	168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233	329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233	329
Geekbench - OpenCL	6073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94B	C78
Launch date	12 October 2009	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$43.99
Place in performance rating	1418	1420
Price now	$43.99	$22.68
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.94	5.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
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