NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

552
Place in performance rating
1034
21.96
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
GT2xx
GK107
Code name
GT216
Laptop
Type
Laptop
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
15 June 2009 (12 years ago)
$276
Price now
$57
0.55
Value for money
0.09
N13E-GE
GPU code name
N10P-GE
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
48
835 MHz
Core clock speed
500 MHz
950 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,270 million
Transistor count
486 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
30.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
8.000
729.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
105.6 gflops
384
CUDA cores
48
no data
Gigaflops
158
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
950 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,270 million
Number of transistors
486 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
23 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
large
Laptop size
medium sized
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0

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 GTX 660M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR2, GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
no data
128bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
64.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI
+
HDCP
no data
Up to 2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
HDA
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
+
+
Optimus
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
Verde Drivers
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
no data
no data
HybridPower
+
no data
Power management
8.0

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
4.5
OpenGL
2.1
1.1.126
Vulkan
N/A
5.1
Shader Model
4.1
1.1
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M 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 GTX 660M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
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 GTX 660M

5.98% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (64.0 GB/s vs 16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3))

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Cheaper ($57 vs $276)

Less power consumption (23 Watt vs 50 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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