NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs AMD Radeon 535 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and AMD Radeon 535 Mobile 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 535 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1024 MHz
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
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1828 vs 1062
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 215 vs 189
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6697 vs 6174
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2680 vs 2343
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 2405
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2680 vs 2343
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 2405

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1519 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz vs 1024 MHz
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	1828 vs 1062
PassMark - G2D Mark	215 vs 189
Geekbench - OpenCL	6697 vs 6174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2680 vs 2343
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 2405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680 vs 2343
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 2405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3346

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 535 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1828

1062

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

215

189

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6697

6174

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2680

2343

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

2405

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2680

2343

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

2405

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3346

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	AMD Radeon 535 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	1828	1062
PassMark - G2D Mark	215	189
Geekbench - OpenCL	6697	6174
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	2343
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705	2405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680	2343
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705	2405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	AMD Radeon 535 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP108	Topaz
Launch date	21 February 2019	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1003	1004
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon 500 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	1024 MHz
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	730 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	834 M
Compute units		6
Floating-point performance		784.1 gflops
Pixel fill rate		8.20 GP/s
Render output units		8
Stream Processors		384
Texture fill rate		24.60 GTexel/s
Texture Units		24
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
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
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support