GeForce 9700M GT and GeForce GT 230M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9700M GT vs GeForce GT 230M
GeForce 9700M GT
214
GeForce GT 230M
218
GeForce 9700M GT
GeForce GT 230M
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
NB9E-GE
N10P-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
June 2008
June 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
MXM-II
PCIe 2.0 x16
Core clock speed
625 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
32
48
Floating-point performance
99.2 gflops
105.6 gflops
Gigaflops
148
158
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
314 million
486 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
48
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.00
8.000
Memory type
GDDR2, GDDR3
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
Up to 1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
HDA
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Power management
-
8.0