
GeForce 8800 GS and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8800 GS vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce 8800 GS
340
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce 8800 GS
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G92
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2008
October 2009
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
550 MHz
650 MHz
Floating-point performance
264 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
48
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
26.40
15.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
384 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
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
3.3
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A