NVIDIA NVS 310 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 310 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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 NVS 310

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 263 vs 216
  • 4.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 38
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 June 2012 vs 15 June 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 263 vs 216
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 vs 38

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 523 MHz
  • Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
  • Around 5% better floating-point performance: 105.6 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
  • 6.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5644 vs 880
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1727 vs 1229
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1727 vs 1229
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 523 MHz
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 105.6 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5644 vs 880
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1727 vs 1229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1727 vs 1229

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 310
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
263
216
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
179
38
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
880
5644
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1229
1727
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1229
1727
Name NVIDIA NVS 310 NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
PassMark - G3D Mark 263 216
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 38
Geekbench - OpenCL 880 5644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 76.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 7.835
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 918
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1229 1727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 918
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1229 1727

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA NVS 310 NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name GF119 GT216
Launch date 26 June 2012 15 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $159
Place in performance rating 1596 1598
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 523 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 100.4 gflops 105.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 48
Texture fill rate 4.184 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 486 million
CUDA cores 48
Gigaflops 158

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DisplayPort Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 156 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14 GB / s 16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0