Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce GT 710
Nvidia
GeForce GT 230
512 Mb GDDR3
Released 12 Oct 2009
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GT 710
2048 Mb DDR3
Released 27 Mar 2014
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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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 710
- 56 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.
- Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GT 710
Based on theoretical specifications.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GT 230 | GeForce GT 710 |
|---|
| GPU Name | G94B (G94-300-B1) | GK208 () |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 196 mm² | 87 mm² |
| Transistors | 505 million | unknown |
| Shaders | 48 | 192 |
| Compute Units | 3 | 1 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | 954 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 230 | GeForce GT 710 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 230 | GeForce GT 710 |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Oct 2009 | 27 Mar 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 23010.40 GP/s
- GeForce GT 7103.82 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 23015.60 GT/s
- GeForce GT 71015.26 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 23057.60 GB/s
- GeForce GT 71014.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 230156.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GT 710366.30 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better