NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 92% higher core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
Around 54% better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 156 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 323
Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8210 vs 6073

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 12 October 2009
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 323
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210 vs 6073

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 70 vs 69
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 3123
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 3123

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	70 vs 69
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233 vs 3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233 vs 3123

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

323

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3233

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3233

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8210

6073

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	323
PassMark - G2D Mark	69	70
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123	3233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123	3233
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210	6073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G94B
Launch date	7 January 2010	12 October 2009
Place in performance rating	1425	1426
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$43.99
Price now		$43.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	650 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	156 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	48
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI