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.

 

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
67
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
70
89
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 1422 1423
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