NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs AMD Radeon R5 M230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and AMD Radeon R5 M230 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 84% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • Around 85% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 855 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
  • 6x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1830 vs 417
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 214 vs 128
  • Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6740 vs 4596
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.591 vs 8.593
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 445.82 vs 143.386
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.736 vs 0.852
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.43 vs 15.789
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 102.234 vs 49.196
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2680 vs 985
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 1927
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2401
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2680 vs 985
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 1927
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2401
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 7 January 2014
Core clock speed 1519 MHz vs 825 MHz
Boost clock speed 1582 MHz vs 855 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1830 vs 417
PassMark - G2D Mark 214 vs 128
Geekbench - OpenCL 6740 vs 4596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.591 vs 8.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 445.82 vs 143.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.736 vs 0.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.43 vs 15.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 102.234 vs 49.196
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2680 vs 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 vs 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 2401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2680 vs 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 vs 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 2401

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M230

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1830
417
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
214
128
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6740
4596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.591
8.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
445.82
143.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.736
0.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32.43
15.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
102.234
49.196
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2680
985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
2401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2680
985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
2401
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX230 AMD Radeon R5 M230
PassMark - G3D Mark 1830 417
PassMark - G2D Mark 214 128
Geekbench - OpenCL 6740 4596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.591 8.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 445.82 143.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.736 0.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.43 15.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 102.234 49.196
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2680 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 2401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2680 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 2401

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX230 AMD Radeon R5 M230

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP108 Jet
Launch date 21 February 2019 7 January 2014
Place in performance rating 981 1445
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1582 MHz 855 MHz
Core clock speed 1519 MHz 825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 320
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 1,040 million
Compute units 5
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 17.1 GTexel / s

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
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

DirectX 12.0 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore