NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
Around 65% better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 156 gflops
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 72 vs 70
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 389 vs 323

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 February 2010 vs 12 October 2009
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops vs 156 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	72 vs 70
PassMark - G3D Mark	389 vs 323

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 2505
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 2505

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233 vs 2505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233 vs 2505

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

389

323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2505

3233

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2505

3233

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
PassMark - G2D Mark	72	70
PassMark - G3D Mark	389	323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2505	3233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2505	3233
Geekbench - OpenCL		6073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G94B
Launch date	2 February 2010	12 October 2009
Place in performance rating	1419	1421
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$43.99
Price now		$43.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops	156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	48
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	175 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3