NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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 10 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • 3.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 112
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 10.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 6.7x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1839 vs 464
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 63
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 2845
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3304
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 2845
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3304
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 21 July 2008
Core clock speed 1519 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1839 vs 464
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 vs 63
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1839
464
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
217
63
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3304
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX230 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 1839 464
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 63
Geekbench - OpenCL 6691
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 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3304

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX230 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla
Code name GP108 G92
Launch date 21 February 2019 21 July 2008
Place in performance rating 1005 1069
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $160
Price now $103.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.86

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1582 MHz
Core clock speed 1519 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 112
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI