AMD Radeon Vega 9 vs NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 9 and NVIDIA GeForce MX230 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 9

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 576 vs 384
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 217
  • Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9870 vs 6691
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 576 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 vs 217
Geekbench - OpenCL 9870 vs 6691

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1300 MHz
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1839 vs 1591
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2680 vs 2591
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2680 vs 2591
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 1856
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 1856
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2482
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2482
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 26 Oct 2017
Boost clock speed 1582 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1839 vs 1591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2680 vs 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2680 vs 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 2482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 2482

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 9
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce MX230

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
409
217
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1591
1839
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9870
6691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2591
2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2591
2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1856
3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1856
3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2482
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2482
3356
Name AMD Radeon Vega 9 NVIDIA GeForce MX230
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 217
PassMark - G3D Mark 1591 1839
Geekbench - OpenCL 9870 6691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2591 2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2591 2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1856 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1856 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2482 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2482 3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 445.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.43
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 102.234

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 9 NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Essentials

Architecture Vega Pascal
Code name Vega Raven Ridge GP108
Launch date 26 Oct 2017 21 February 2019
Place in performance rating 812 1005
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1582 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 576 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 10 Watt
Transistor count 4500 million 1,800 million
Core clock speed 1519 MHz

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Shared memory Yes
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None