NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs AMD Radeon 520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and AMD Radeon 520 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce MX230

AMD Radeon 520

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 34% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4500 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1830 vs 865
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 214 vs 203
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2680 vs 1182
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 1242
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2680 vs 1182
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1519 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1830 vs 865
PassMark - G2D Mark	214 vs 203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2680 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3351

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 6740

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 6740

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 520

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1830

865

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

203

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6740

26304

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2680

1182

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

1242

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2680

1182

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

1242

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3351

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	AMD Radeon 520
PassMark - G3D Mark	1830	865
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	203
Geekbench - OpenCL	6740	26304
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2680	1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705	1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680	1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705	1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	AMD Radeon 520
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP108	Oland
Launch date	21 February 2019	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	981	1109
Type	Laptop	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation		1st Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	1030 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	1,040 million
Compute units		5
Floating-point performance		660 GFLOPs
Pixel fill rate		4.10 GP/s
Render output units		4
Stream Processors		320
Texture fill rate		20.60 GTexel/s
Texture Units		20
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		48 GB/s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)