GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs GT 230M

Place in the ranking	1215	70
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	41.81
Power efficiency	1.67	15.33
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GT216	TU104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 June 2009 (15 years ago)	9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	48	2560
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1605 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	215 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	283.2
Floating-point processing power	0.1056 TFLOPS	9.062 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	158	no data
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	16	160
Tensor Cores	no data	320
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	40

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 size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)	448.0 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 Connectors	Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	HDA	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management	8.0	no data
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

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.

GT 230M 0.55

RTX 2070 Super 47.26
+8493%

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.

GT 230M 212

RTX 2070 Super 18230
+8499%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 230M 2363

RTX 2070 Super 89209
+3675%

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 HD	1−2 −13200%	133 +13200%
1440p	0−1	78
4K	0−1	51

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.75
1440p	no data	6.40
4K	no data	9.78

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−3033%

94
+3033%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −2500%	104 +2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3867%	119 +3867%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2700%	84 +2700%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −15700%	158 +15700%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2220%	116 +2220%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −2436%	279 +2436%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −3283%	203 +3283%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −663%	229 +663%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −4200%	172 +4200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3900%	120 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2500%	78 +2500%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −11900%	120 +11900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2160%	113 +2160%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −2355%	270 +2355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −3200%	198 +3200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −870%	95−100 +870%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −617%	215 +617%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1525%	65 +1525%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2933%	91 +2933%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2333%	73 +2333%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1980%	104 +1980%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −1318%	156 +1318%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −2683%	167 +2683%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −900%	100 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −127%	68 +127%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−8500%

86
+8500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	57
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −4600%	47 +4600%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −6500%	66 +6500%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1083%	71 +1083%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −3833%	118 +3833%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −21400%	215 +21400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−3067%

95
+3067%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3800%	39 +3800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	32

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2850%

59
+2850%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	88 +0%	88 +0%
Battlefield 5	183 +0%	183 +0%
Far Cry 5	149 +0%	149 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	277 +0%	277 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	122 +0%	122 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	74 +0%	74 +0%
Battlefield 5	172 +0%	172 +0%
Far Cry 5	120 +0%	120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	258 +0%	258 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	92 +0%	92 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	66 +0%	66 +0%
Far Cry 5	83 +0%	83 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	153 +0%	153 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

114

+0%

114

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

118

+0%

118

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	53 +0%	53 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	73 +0%	73 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	255 +0%	255 +0%
Metro Exodus	91 +0%	91 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	123 +0%	123 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55 +0%	55 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	48 +0%	48 +0%
Hitman 3	42 +0%	42 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	129 +0%	129 +0%
Metro Exodus	78 +0%	78 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	68 +0%	68 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	44 +0%	44 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	23 +0%	23 +0%
Far Cry 5	35 +0%	35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	84 +0%	84 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65 +0%	65 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	29 +0%	29 +0%

This is how GT 230M and RTX 2070 Super compete in popular games:

RTX 2070 Super is 13200% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2070 Super is 21400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2070 Super is ahead in 35 tests (50%)
there's a draw in 35 tests (50%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.55	47.26
Recency	15 June 2009	9 July 2019
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	215 Watt

GT 230M has 834.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 2070 Super, on the other hand, has a 8492.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 230M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 230M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.