GeForce 9800 GT and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9800 GT vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce 9800 GT
492
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G92
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2008
October 2009
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
112
-
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
48
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
15.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A