NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2x more core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
  • Around 60% better floating-point performance: 249.6 gflops vs 156 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 539 vs 323
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 187 vs 70
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 January 2011 vs 12 October 2009
Core clock speed 1300 MHz vs 650 MHz
Pipelines 96 vs 48
Floating-point performance 249.6 gflops vs 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 539 vs 323
PassMark - G2D Mark 187 vs 70

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

  • 2x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 7.8 billion / sec
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6073 vs 1634
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 1524
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 1524
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 7.8 billion / sec
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6073 vs 1634
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3233 vs 1524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3233 vs 1524

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
539
323
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
187
70
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1634
6073
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1524
3233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1524
3233
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
PassMark - G3D Mark 539 323
PassMark - G2D Mark 187 70
Geekbench - OpenCL 1634 6073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1524 3233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1524 3233

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF106 G94B
Launch date 15 January 2011 12 October 2009
Place in performance rating 1417 1419
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $43.99
Price now $43.99
Value for money (0-100) 13.94

Technical info

Core clock speed 1300 MHz 650 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 249.6 gflops 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 96 48
Texture fill rate 7.8 billion / sec 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 505 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API with Feature Level 12.1 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus