NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7450A

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

952
Place in performance rating
973
7.46
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale 2
G94B
Code name
Caicos
Desktop
Type
Desktop
12 October 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2012 (9 years ago)
$43.99
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$57 (1.3x MSRP)
Price now
$12.99
0.14
Value for money
0.56
G94B
GPU code name
Caicos
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

48
Pipelines
160
650 MHz
Core clock speed
625 MHz
505 million
Transistor count
370 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
15.60
Texture fill rate
5.000
156 gflops
Floating-point performance
200.0 gflops
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
505 million
Number of transistors
370 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
25 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
57.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
3.3
OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 or AMD Radeon HD 7450A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

More memory bandwidth (57.6 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7450A

Cheaper ($12.99 vs $57 (1.3x MSRP))

More pipelines (160 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 75 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 or AMD Radeon HD 7450A?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 versus AMD Radeon HD 7450A performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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