NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 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 Quadro FX 1800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 70 vs 60
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 2917
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 2917

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	70 vs 60
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233 vs 2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233 vs 2917

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 64 vs 48
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 176 gflops vs 156 gflops
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 402 vs 323

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 48
Floating-point performance	176 gflops vs 156 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	402 vs 323

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

402

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3233

2917

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3233

2917

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
PassMark - G3D Mark	323	402
PassMark - G2D Mark	70	60
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233	2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233	2917
Geekbench - OpenCL	6073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94B	G94
Launch date	12 October 2009	30 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$43.99	$489
Place in performance rating	1421	1422
Price now	$43.99	$186.29
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.94	4.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	156 gflops	176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	64
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	59 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	505 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	512 MB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3