NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 212 vs 68
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1727 vs 1044
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1727 vs 1044
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 June 2009 vs 15 October 2008
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 212 vs 68
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1727 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1727 vs 1044

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 61 vs 39
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 61 vs 39

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
212
68
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
39
61
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1727
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1727
1044
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark 212 68
PassMark - G2D Mark 39 61
Geekbench - OpenCL 5644
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1727 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1727 1044

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT216 C79MX
Launch date 15 June 2009 15 October 2008
Place in performance rating 1600 1601
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1100 MHz 450 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 105.6 gflops
Gigaflops 158
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 12 Watt
Transistor count 486 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI HDA
Display Connectors Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

Memory bandwidth 16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory type GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0