NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 1354 MHz
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1493 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • 7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.43 vs 30.523
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 1 February 2017
Core clock speed 1519 MHz vs 1354 MHz
Boost clock speed 1582 MHz vs 1493 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.43 vs 30.523

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 6008 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4463 vs 1830
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 292 vs 214
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17466 vs 6740
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.209 vs 21.591
  • Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 799.414 vs 445.82
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.536 vs 1.736
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 223.683 vs 102.234
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7239 vs 2680
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7239 vs 2680
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4463 vs 1830
PassMark - G2D Mark 292 vs 214
Geekbench - OpenCL 17466 vs 6740
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.209 vs 21.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 799.414 vs 445.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.536 vs 1.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.683 vs 102.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7239 vs 2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3721 vs 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7239 vs 2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3721 vs 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1830
4463
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
214
292
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6740
17466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.591
67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
445.82
799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.736
4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32.43
30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
102.234
223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2680
7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2680
7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3359
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX230 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
PassMark - G3D Mark 1830 4463
PassMark - G2D Mark 214 292
Geekbench - OpenCL 6740 17466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.591 67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 445.82 799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.736 4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.43 30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 102.234 223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2680 7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2680 7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2084

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX230 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Pascal
Code name GP108 GP106B
Launch date 21 February 2019 1 February 2017
Place in performance rating 981 595
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1582 MHz 1493 MHz
Core clock speed 1519 MHz 1354 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 384 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 1,911 gflops
Texture fill rate 59.72 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 7008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection