NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs AMD Radeon HD 6770M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and AMD Radeon HD 6770M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce MX230

AMD Radeon HD 6770M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 725 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1839 vs 964
4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.591 vs 4.817
Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 445.82 vs 234.842
4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.736 vs 0.393
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.43 vs 15.475
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 102.234 vs 33.71
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3044
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3044

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	1519 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1839 vs 964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.591 vs 4.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	445.82 vs 234.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.736 vs 0.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.43 vs 15.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	102.234 vs 33.71
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3348

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6770M

Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 217
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8338 vs 6691

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	480 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	572 vs 217
Geekbench - OpenCL	8338 vs 6691

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6770M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1839

964

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

217

572

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6691

8338

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.591

4.817

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

445.82

234.842

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.736

0.393

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.43

15.475

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.234

33.71

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

3044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

3044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3348

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	AMD Radeon HD 6770M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1839	964
PassMark - G2D Mark	217	572
Geekbench - OpenCL	6691	8338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.591	4.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	445.82	234.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.736	0.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.43	15.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	102.234	33.71
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705	3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705	3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	AMD Radeon HD 6770M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP108	Whistler
Launch date	21 February 2019	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1005	983
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	480
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	716 million
Floating-point performance		696.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		17.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Shared memory		0