NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GT216GPU NameGF108
N10P-GE-A2Model numberN11P-GE-A1
Tesla 2.0ArchitectureFermi
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size40 nm
486 millionTransistors585 million
100 mm²Die Size116 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 15th, 2009Release DateSep 3rd, 2010
GeForce 200MFamilyGeForce 400M
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 100MPredecessorGeForce 300M
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

1024 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
25.60 GB/sBandwidth25.60 GB/s

Performance

4.000 GPixel/sPixel fillrate2.000 GPixel/s
8.000 GTexel/sTexture fillrate8.000 GTexel/s
105.6 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance192.0 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
500 MHzGPU Clock500 MHz

Render Config

48Shading Units96
16TMUs16
8ROPs4
64 KBL2 Cache256 KB
6SM Count2

Board Design

23 WThermal design power (TDP)23 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

11.1 (10_1)DirectX12 (11_0)
3.3OpenGL4.6
1.1OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
4.1Shader Model5.1
1.2CUDA2.1