NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs Intel Iris Graphics 550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and Intel Iris Graphics 550 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) 5 month(s) later
• 5.1x more core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 300 MHz
• Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1100 MHz
• 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
• Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
• Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1839 vs 1432
• 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 1290
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3157
• 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 1290
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3157

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

• Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 217
• Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7182 vs 6691

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 550

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1839 1432
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	217 305
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	6691 7182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2680 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2680 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3157

Compare specifications (specs)