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).

 

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: 1828 vs 797
• Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 215 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

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

• Around 83% higher pipelines: 704 vs 384
• 3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21666 vs 6697

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1828 797
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	215 181
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	6697 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

Compare specifications (specs)