NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA GeForce G205M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce G205M 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 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 3.4x more core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 14 Watt
  • 19.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1829 vs 92
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 989
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 989
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 8 January 2009
Core clock speed 1519 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 14 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1829 vs 92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 989

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G205M

  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 294 vs 216
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 294 vs 216

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G205M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1829
92
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
216
294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
989
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX230 NVIDIA GeForce G205M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1829 92
PassMark - G2D Mark 216 294
Geekbench - OpenCL 6693
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 989

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX230 NVIDIA GeForce G205M

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla
Code name GP108 MCP79MX
Launch date 21 February 2019 8 January 2009
Place in performance rating 1015 1018
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1582 MHz
Core clock speed 1519 MHz 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 9.0c
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5