Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce GT 230

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 230 with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.

GT 230
2009
512 MB GDDR3, 75 Watt
0.84

Vega 7 outperforms GT 230 by a whopping 789% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1141532
Place by popularitynot in top-10018
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.7711.38
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG94BCezanne
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)13 April 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 cores48448
Core clock speed650 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors505 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate15.6053.20
Floating-point processing power0.156 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs2428

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/sno data
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 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.1-

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD2−3
−1000%
22
+1000%
1440p3−4
−967%
32
+967%
4K1−2
−1500%
16
+1500%

Cost per frame, $

1080p22.00no data
1440p14.66no data
4K43.99no data

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 7.47
Recency 12 October 2009 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 45 Watt

Vega 7 has a 789.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 685.7% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 230 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 230 is a desktop card while Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.


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