NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 980 MHz
- Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1033 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 14x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 140 Watt
- 1001.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
- Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 102.234 vs 62.69
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 21 February 2019 vs 6 September 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 1519 MHz vs 980 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1582 MHz vs 1033 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt vs 140 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 102.234 vs 62.69 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3705 vs 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3705 vs 3690 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
- 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 1830
- 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 214
- Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 6740
- Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 21.591
- Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 445.82
- Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.085 vs 1.736
- Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.416 vs 32.43
- Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 2680
- Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 2680
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 960 vs 384 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4017 vs 1830 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 487 vs 214 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 11364 vs 6740 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 30.505 vs 21.591 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 705.293 vs 445.82 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.085 vs 1.736 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.416 vs 32.43 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3581 vs 2680 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3365 vs 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3581 vs 2680 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3365 vs 3356 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce MX230 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1830 | 4017 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 214 | 487 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 6740 | 11364 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 21.591 | 30.505 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 445.82 | 705.293 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.736 | 3.085 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 32.43 | 35.416 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 102.234 | 62.69 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2680 | 3581 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3705 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | 3365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2680 | 3581 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3705 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 | 3365 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1307 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce MX230 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Pascal | Kepler |
| Code name | GP108 | GK106 |
| Launch date | 21 February 2019 | 6 September 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | 981 | 740 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | |
| Price now | $349.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 14.35 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1582 MHz | 1033 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1519 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 384 | 960 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,800 million | 2,540 million |
| CUDA cores | 960 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,981 gflops | |
| Texture fill rate | 78.4 billion / sec | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | One 6-pin |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.3 |
Memory |
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| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192-bit GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | 6.0 GB/s |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 144.2 GB / s | |
Technologies |
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| Adaptive VSync | ||
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| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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