GeForce GT 230 and GeForce 8600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce 8600M GT
92
GeForce GT 230
GeForce 8600M GT
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
G94B
G84M
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
October 2009
June 2007
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
650 MHz
475 MHz
Floating-point performance
156 gflops
60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
505 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
32
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
15.60
7.600
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
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