NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 216 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 4 April 2005
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	216 vs 33

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

87.5x more texture fill rate: 700 MTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	700 MTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	56 vs 38

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	216	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	38	56
Geekbench - OpenCL	5644
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1727
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1727

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT216	NV44 A2
Launch date	15 June 2009	4 April 2005
Place in performance rating	1598	1600
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$41.24
Price now		$41.24
Value for money (0-100)		0.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops
Gigaflops	158
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	700 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	HDA
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory clock speed		532 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0