NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX 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).

NVIDIA GeForce MX230

AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 95% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1021 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1839 vs 797
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 181
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2680 vs 1427
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 2636
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2680 vs 1427
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 2636

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1519 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz vs 1021 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1839 vs 797
PassMark - G2D Mark	217 vs 181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2680 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 2636
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 2636

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Around 83% higher pipelines: 704 vs 384
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21666 vs 6691

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	704 vs 384
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	21666 vs 6691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1839

797

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

217

181

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6691

21666

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2680

1427

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

2636

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2680

1427

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

2636

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3358

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1839	797
PassMark - G2D Mark	217	181
Geekbench - OpenCL	6691	21666
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	1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680	1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP108	Meso
Launch date	21 February 2019	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	1005	1006
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	1021 MHz
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	704
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 + 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR4 / DDR3
Shared memory		0