GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce 8800 GTX
608
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G80
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2006
October 2009
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
575
-
Floating-point performance
345.6 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
681 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
48
Power consumption (TDP)
155 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
36.8 billion/sec
15.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
768 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
86.4 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
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A