NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition 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 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 96% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 775 MHz
• Around 98% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 800 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 34% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4500 MHz
• Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1839 vs 1544
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 1667
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3326
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 1667
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3326

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

• Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
• Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 354 vs 217
• Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9703 vs 6691
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.151 vs 21.591
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 516.994 vs 445.82
• Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.321 vs 1.736
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.932 vs 32.43
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 111.138 vs 102.234
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2862 vs 2680
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2862 vs 2680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1839 1544
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	217 354
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	6691 9703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.591 25.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	445.82 516.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.736 2.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	32.43 32.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	102.234 111.138
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2680 2862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2680 2862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3326

Compare specifications (specs)