NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 75 vs 39

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2009 vs 15 June 2009
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	75 vs 39

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

2x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
2.4x better floating-point performance: 105.6 gflops vs 44 gflops
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 28 Watt
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 212 vs 123
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1727 vs 1023
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1727 vs 1023
Around 98% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5644 vs 2855

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 16
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops vs 44 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 28 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	212 vs 123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1727 vs 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1727 vs 1023
Geekbench - OpenCL	5644 vs 2855

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

123

212

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

1727

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

1727

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2855

5644

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
PassMark - G3D Mark	123	212
PassMark - G2D Mark	75	39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023	1727
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023	1727
Geekbench - OpenCL	2855	5644

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT216
Launch date	1 December 2009	15 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$169
Place in performance rating	1600	1601
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	44 gflops	105.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	48
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	486 million
CUDA cores		48
Gigaflops		158
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x 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	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0