Radeon 610M vs GeForce GT 230M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 230M and Radeon 610M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 230M
2009
Up to 1 GB GDDR2, GDDR3, 23 Watt
0.55

Radeon 610M outperforms GT 230M by a whopping 418% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1223790
Place by popularitynot in top-10042
ArchitectureGT2xx (2009−2012)RDNA 2 (2020−2023)
GPU code nameN10P-GERDNA 2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)20 September 2022 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48128
CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed500 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2200 MHz
Number of transistors486 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate8.00015.20
Floating-point performance0.1056 gflops0.4864 gflops
Gigaflops158no data

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 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR2, GDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amountUp to 1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speedUp to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHzno data
Memory bandwidth16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)no 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVIPortable Device Dependent
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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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
Radeon 610M 2.85
+418%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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
Radeon 610M 1100
+419%

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
Radeon 610M 7834
+232%

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
−550%
13
+550%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−100%
21−24
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−30%
35−40
+30%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−100%
21−24
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−133%
14
+133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−30%
35−40
+30%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−100%
21−24
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−66.7%
10
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+42.9%
7
−42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−30%
35−40
+30%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 2−3
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how GT 230M and Radeon 610M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 610M is 550% faster in 1080p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GT 230M is 43% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 610M is 1600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 230M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • Radeon 610M is ahead in 33 tests (56%)
  • there's a draw in 25 tests (42%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.55 2.85
Recency 15 June 2009 20 September 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 15 Watt

Radeon 610M has a 418.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 53.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 610M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 230M in performance tests.


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