GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600 GTS vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce 8600 GTS
153
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G84
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2007
October 2009
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
675 MHz
650 MHz
Floating-point performance
92.8 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
289 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
48
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
15.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
1.1
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A