GeForce GTX 950M and GeForce GT 230M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 950M vs GeForce GT 230M
GeForce GTX 950M
2663
GeForce GT 230M
218
GeForce GTX 950M
GeForce GT 230M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
N16P-GT
N10P-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2015
June 2009
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
-
Core clock speed
914 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
640
48
Floating-point performance
1,439 gflops
105.6 gflops
Gigaflops
-
158
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
486 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
48
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
44.96
8.000
Memory type
DDR3 or GDDR5
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
Up to 1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 or 2500 MHz
Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 or 80 GB/s
16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
HDA
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-
Power management
-
8.0