GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs GT 230M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 230M with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, including specs and performance data.

GT 230M
2009
Up to 1 GB GDDR3, 23 Watt
0.55

RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms GT 230M by a whopping 16069% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12175
Place by popularitynot in top-10061
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data38.29
Power efficiency1.6419.05
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGT216AD103
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

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 cores4810240
Core clock speed500 MHz2295 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2550 MHz
Number of transistors486 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rate8.000816.0
Floating-point processing power0.1056 TFLOPS52.22 TFLOPS
Gigaflops158no data
ROPs8112
TMUs16320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data310 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amountUp to 1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz1438 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)736.3 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIHDAno data

Supported technologies

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

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

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 4080 SUPER 88.93
+16069%

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 4080 SUPER 34269
+16065%

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 4080 SUPER 141652
+5895%

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 HD1−2
−26000%
261
+26000%
1440p1−2
−18000%
181
+18000%
4K0−1117

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.83
1440pno data5.52
4Kno data8.54

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−14900%
450−500
+14900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−5775%
235
+5775%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3900%
120−130
+3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−14900%
450−500
+14900%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−20000%
200−210
+20000%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2480%
120−130
+2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−2736%
300−350
+2736%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−6517%
350−400
+6517%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−413%
150−160
+413%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−8450%
342
+8450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3900%
120−130
+3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−14900%
450−500
+14900%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−20000%
200−210
+20000%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2480%
120−130
+2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−2736%
300−350
+2736%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−9367%
568
+9367%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1930%
200−210
+1930%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−413%
150−160
+413%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−3850%
158
+3850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3900%
120−130
+3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−14900%
450−500
+14900%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2480%
120−130
+2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−3764%
425
+3764%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−8683%
527
+8683%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−2530%
263
+2530%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−383%
145
+383%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−11100%
110−120
+11100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 135
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−15900%
160−170
+15900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8300%
80−85
+8300%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2050%
120−130
+2050%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−11400%
345
+11400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−23900%
240−250
+23900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−4200%
120−130
+4200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−9500%
96
+9500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 99

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−5450%
110−120
+5450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 281
+0%
281
+0%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 237
+0%
237
+0%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 209
+0%
209
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 322
+0%
322
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 165
+0%
165
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Metro Exodus 171
+0%
171
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 397
+0%
397
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 221
+0%
221
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Hitman 3 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85
+0%
85
+0%
Metro Exodus 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 204
+0%
204
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 305
+0%
305
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 201
+0%
201
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 81
+0%
81
+0%

This is how GT 230M and RTX 4080 SUPER compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 26000% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 18000% faster in 1440p

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4080 SUPER is 23900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 SUPER is ahead in 30 tests (47%)
  • there's a draw in 34 tests (53%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.55 88.93
Recency 15 June 2009 8 January 2024
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 320 Watt

GT 230M has 1291.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080 SUPER, on the other hand, has a 16069.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4080 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 4080 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.

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