NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 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 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• 2.3x more core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 675 MHz
• Around 14% higher pipelines: 384 vs 336
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
• 16x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 160 Watt
• Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 3600 MHz
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.591 vs 21.445
• Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.43 vs 27.222
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 102.234 vs 40.61

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

• Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2272 vs 1830
• Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 214
• Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7860 vs 6740
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 617.847 vs 445.82
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.823 vs 1.736
• Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3351 vs 2680
• Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3351 vs 2680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1830 2272
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	214 388
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	6740 7860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.591 21.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	445.82 617.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.736 1.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	32.43 27.222
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	102.234 40.61
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2680 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2680 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3356

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