NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 9600 GSO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 384 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 2160
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 2160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 28 April 2008
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233 vs 2160

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

2.1x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 26.4 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
Around 69% better floating-point performance: 264 gflops vs 156 gflops
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 90 vs 70

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.4 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Floating-point performance	264 gflops vs 156 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	90 vs 70

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3233

2160

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3233

2160

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
PassMark - G3D Mark	323	323
PassMark - G2D Mark	70	90
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233	2160
Geekbench - OpenCL	6073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94B	G92
Launch date	12 October 2009	28 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$43.99	$49.99
Place in performance rating	1428	1430
Price now	$43.99	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.94	13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1375 MHz
Floating-point performance	156 gflops	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	96
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	754 million
CUDA cores		96
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	384 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA