NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs AMD Radeon R9 M360

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and AMD Radeon R9 M360 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 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 900 MHz
• Around 71% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 925 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 5.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1125 MHz
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1834 vs 1809
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.591 vs 19.479
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 102.234 vs 87.811
• 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 1623
• 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 1623

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M360

• Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
• Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 395 vs 216
• Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8176 vs 6554
• Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 575.773 vs 445.82
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.902 vs 1.736
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 34.15 vs 32.43
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2801 vs 2680
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2801 vs 2680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M360

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1834 1809
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	216 395
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	6554 8176
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.591 19.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	445.82 575.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.736 1.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	32.43 34.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	102.234 87.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2680 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2680 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3360

Compare specifications (specs)