GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q vs GT 230

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1141not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.77no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG94BGA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$43.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores485120
Core clock speed650 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1290 MHz
Number of transistors505 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate15.60206.4
Floating-point processing power0.156 TFLOPS13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs1680
TMUs24160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 80 Watt

GT 230 has 6.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 230 and GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 230 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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