NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

372
Place in performance rating
952
no data
Value for money (0-100)
7.46
Maxwell
Architecture
Tesla
GM107
Code name
G94B
Laptop
Type
Desktop
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
12 October 2009 (12 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$43.99
$875
Price now
$57 (1.3x MSRP)
1.01
Value for money
0.14
N15P-GX
GPU code name
G94B
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
48
797 MHz
Core clock speed
650 MHz
1085 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,870 million
Transistor count
505 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
43.40
Texture fill rate
15.60
1,389 gflops
Floating-point performance
156 gflops
1152 or 640
CUDA cores
no data
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
915 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,870 million
Number of transistors
505 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
no data
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
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 GTX 860M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
80.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data
GDDR5
Standard memory configuration
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
HDMI
no data
Up to 2048x1536
VGA аnalog display support
no data
Up to 3840x2160
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data
Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support
no data
Up to 1920x1200
LVDS signal support
no data
+
HDCP content protection
no data
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
no data
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 is the additional functionality.

+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
+
Direct Compute
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.5
OpenGL
3.3
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
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 GTX 860M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 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 860M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
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 860M

13.74% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More memory bandwidth (80.0 GB/s vs 57.6 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Cheaper ($57 (1.3x MSRP) vs $875)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 230?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 230