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.

 

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 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6554 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 6554 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
6554
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 6554 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