NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 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 NVS 450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 480 MHz
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 2x 8
4.1x better floating-point performance: 156 gflops vs 2x 19.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 323 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 480 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	156 gflops vs 2x 19.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	323 vs 67

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 89 vs 70

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	89 vs 70

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450
PassMark - G3D Mark	323	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	70	89
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 Quadro NVS 450
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94B	G98
Launch date	12 October 2009	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$43.99	$163.14
Place in performance rating	1418	1419
Price now	$43.99	$168
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.94	0.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	480 MHz
Floating-point performance	156 gflops	2x 19.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	2x 8
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3