NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS 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 9500M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 7.6 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
Around 74% better floating-point performance: 105.6 gflops vs 60.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 212 vs 134
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1727 vs 1053
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1727 vs 1053

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 1 February 2008
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 7.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops vs 60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	212 vs 134
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1727 vs 1053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1727 vs 1053

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS

Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 39

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	59 vs 39

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

134

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1727

1053

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1727

1053

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	212	134
PassMark - G2D Mark	39	59
Geekbench - OpenCL	5644
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1727	1053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1727	1053

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G84
Launch date	15 June 2009	1 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1601	1604
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	950 MHz
CUDA cores	48	32
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops	60.8 gflops
Gigaflops	158
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	48	32
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	289 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 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0