NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce MX230

AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
5.1x more core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1834 vs 1034
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6512 vs 4468
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 1850
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3180
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 1850
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3180

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 1 February 2018
Core clock speed	1519 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1834 vs 1034
Geekbench - OpenCL	6512 vs 4468
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3180
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3180

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile

Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 216

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 216

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1834

1034

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

314

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6512

4468

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

1850

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3180

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

1850

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3180

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	1834	1034
PassMark - G2D Mark	216	314
Geekbench - OpenCL	6512	4468
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705	1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3180
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705	1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3180
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		404

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 5.0
Code name	GP108	Raven
Launch date	21 February 2019	1 February 2018
Place in performance rating	1013	1014
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	1011 MHz
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	4,940 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
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5