NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M 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 Quadro FX 3800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 70 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 14 August 2008
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	70 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 650 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 43.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
2.7x better floating-point performance: 422.4 gflops vs 156 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 575 vs 323
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3272 vs 3233
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3272 vs 3233

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 48
Floating-point performance	422.4 gflops vs 156 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	575 vs 323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3272 vs 3233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3272 vs 3233

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

575

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3233

3272

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3233

3272

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
PassMark - G3D Mark	323	575
PassMark - G2D Mark	70	42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233	3272
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233	3272
Geekbench - OpenCL	6073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94B	G92
Launch date	12 October 2009	14 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$43.99
Place in performance rating	1419	1422
Price now	$43.99
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	156 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	128
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	43.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
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