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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M | NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Audio input for HDMI | HDA | |
Display Connectors | Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI | No outputs |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Memory bandwidth | 16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3) | |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | |
Memory type | GDDR2, GDDR3 | |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 |