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NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M is a graphics card released on June 15, 2009, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 48 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus, 25.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 500 MHz and a 23 W board power rating. It scores 220 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3.

TeslaGT216

9/10 key specs recorded · 29 facts

Depth: 34 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

48cores

Memory

1 GB

GDDR3 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

500 MHz base

Board power

23 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M scores 220 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 25.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,170), measured across 506 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 37.

PassMark G3D Mark

220

Rank #2,170
Faster than 25.8% of 2,658 GPUs
506 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 9 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 17% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 0% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M averages DirectX 9 9 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 506 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 500 MHz

Memory clock 1600 MHz

DirectX 10.1

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 23 W

First benchmarked 2009-09-22

Samples 506

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 500 MHz, DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-09-22. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Tesla

Codename GT216

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the GT216 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 48

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 16

Render output units (ROPs) 8

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M has 48 shading units, 16 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M.

Clock speeds

Base clock 500 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M runs at a base clock of 500 MHz.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type GDDR3

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 25.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M has a board power rating of 23 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 23 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched June 15, 2009

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GT

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M was released on June 15, 2009.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 220

PassMark G2D 37

Rank #2,170

Samples 506

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M supports DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10.1

OpenGL 3.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M has 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M has a board power rating of 23 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M scores 220 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 25.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,170.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M use?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M released?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M was released on June 15, 2009.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GT216 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.