Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce GT 705 OEM
Nvidia
GeForce GT 230
512 Mb GDDR3
Released 12 Oct 2009
DESKTOP
VS
Nvidia
GeForce GT 705 OEM
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 27 Mar 2014
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 230
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
- PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 705 OEM
- 46 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GT 230 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GT 230 | GeForce GT 705 OEM |
|---|
| GPU Name | G94B (G94-300-B1) | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 196 mm² | 79 mm² |
| Transistors | 505 million | 292 million |
| Shaders | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units | 3 | 1 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | 874 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | 8 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 230 | GeForce GT 705 OEM |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | 825 MHz
1650 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 230 | GeForce GT 705 OEM |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 29 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Oct 2009 | 27 Mar 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 23010.40 GP/s
- GeForce GT 705 OEM1.75 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 23015.60 GT/s
- GeForce GT 705 OEM6.99 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 23057.60 GB/s
- GeForce GT 705 OEM13.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 230156.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GT 705 OEM167.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better