NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M 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 GTS 250M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

2.2x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 28 Watt

Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 28 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

2x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
2.3x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 105.6 gflops
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 216
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 50 vs 38
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8215 vs 5644

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 105.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	554 vs 216
PassMark - G2D Mark	50 vs 38
Geekbench - OpenCL	8215 vs 5644

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

554

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5644

8215

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
PassMark - G3D Mark	216	554
PassMark - G2D Mark	38	50
Geekbench - OpenCL	5644	8215
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1727
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1727

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT216	GT215
Launch date	15 June 2009	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1598	1537
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	48	96
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops	240 gflops
Gigaflops	158	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	96
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	HDA
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI	HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0	8.0
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI