Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
Nvidia
GeForce GT 230
512 Mb GDDR3
Released 12 Oct 2009
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 22 Aug 2014
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Summary
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 230
- Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 (Fermi)
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GT 230
Based on theoretical specifications.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GT 230 | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) |
|---|
| 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 | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | 8 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 230 | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | 898 MHz
1796 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 230 | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 29 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Oct 2009 | 22 Aug 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 23010.40 GP/s
- GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)1.62 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 23015.60 GT/s
- GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)6.48 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 23057.60 GB/s
- GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)14.37 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 230156.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)155.52 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better