NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1034
Place in performance rating
558
GT2xx
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GT216
Code name
Lexa
Laptop
Type
Laptop
15 June 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$57
Price now
$421
0.09
Value for money
3.25
N10P-GE
GPU code name
Lexa
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

48
Pipelines
512
500 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
no data
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
486 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
23 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
8.000
Texture fill rate
33.47
105.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
48
CUDA cores
no data
158
Gigaflops
no data
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
486 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
23 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and AMD Radeon 540X.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
no data
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
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 230M and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

GDDR2, GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
no data
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
HDA
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and AMD Radeon 540X is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data
+
HybridPower
no data
8.0
Power management
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and AMD Radeon 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Vulkan
+
4.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and AMD Radeon 540X 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 230M or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
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 230M

Cheaper ($57 vs $421)

Less power consumption (23 Watt vs 50 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

5.23% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (512 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (112.0 GB/s vs 16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3))

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon 540X .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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