NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M 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 10 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
  • Around 32% better floating-point performance: 105.6 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 39 vs 37
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1727 vs 1640
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1727 vs 1640
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 June 2009 vs 14 August 2008
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines 48 vs 32
Floating-point performance 105.6 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 39 vs 37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1727 vs 1640
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1727 vs 1640

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M

  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 221 vs 212
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 221 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
212
221
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
39
37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1727
1640
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1727
1640
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M
PassMark - G3D Mark 212 221
PassMark - G2D Mark 39 37
Geekbench - OpenCL 5644
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1727 1640
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1727 1640

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT216 G96
Launch date 15 June 2009 14 August 2008
Place in performance rating 1600 1602
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $527
Price now $527
Value for money (0-100) 0.73

Technical info

Core clock speed 1100 MHz 500 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 105.6 gflops 80 gflops
Gigaflops 158
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 32
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 35 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 MXM-II
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) 25.6 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 1600 MHz

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0
PowerMizer 8.0