GeForce GT 230 vs 9800 GT

Place in the ranking	1040	1141
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.07	0.01
Power efficiency	0.68	0.77
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92	G94B
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 July 2008 (16 years ago)	12 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	$43.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

9800 GT has 600% better value for money than GT 230.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	112	48
Core clock speed	600 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	505 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	33.60	15.60
Floating-point processing power	0.336 TFLOPS	0.156 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	56	24

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Height	1-slot	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	57.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	HDTVDual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9800 GT 1.24
+47.6%

GT 230 0.84

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

9800 GT 478
+48%

GT 230 323

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.24	0.84
Recency	21 July 2008	12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	75 Watt