NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 1033 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 55 Watt
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6740 vs 6108
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 445.82 vs 335.835
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.736 vs 1.651
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.43 vs 27.096
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 102.234 vs 97.126
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 1813
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3309
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 1813
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3309
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 18 February 2014
Core clock speed 1519 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 55 Watt
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6740 vs 6108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 445.82 vs 335.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.736 vs 1.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.43 vs 27.096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 102.234 vs 97.126
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2135 vs 1830
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 475 vs 214
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.117 vs 21.591
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2918 vs 2680
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2918 vs 2680
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2135 vs 1830
PassMark - G2D Mark 475 vs 214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.117 vs 21.591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2918 vs 2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2918 vs 2680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1830
2135
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
214
475
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6740
6108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.591
24.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
445.82
335.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.736
1.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32.43
27.096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
102.234
97.126
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2680
2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2680
2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3309
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX230 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1830 2135
PassMark - G2D Mark 214 475
Geekbench - OpenCL 6740 6108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.591 24.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 445.82 335.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.736 1.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.43 27.096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 102.234 97.126
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2680 2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2680 2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 655

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX230 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell
Code name GP108 GM107
Launch date 21 February 2019 18 February 2014
Place in performance rating 981 979
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1582 MHz
Core clock speed 1519 MHz 1033 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 55 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 1,870 million
Floating-point performance 793.3 gflops
Texture fill rate 24.79 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 145 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s