NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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).

NVIDIA GeForce MX230

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1201 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.43 vs 28.659

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 26 November 2015
Core clock speed	1519 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz vs 1201 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.43 vs 28.659

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 6008 MHz
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 76.687 vs 21.591
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 890.785 vs 445.82

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687 vs 21.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785 vs 445.82

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.591

76.687

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

445.82

890.785

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.43

28.659

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1830
PassMark - G2D Mark	214
Geekbench - OpenCL	6740
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.591	76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	445.82	890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.43	28.659
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GP108	GM206
Launch date	21 February 2019	26 November 2015
Place in performance rating	981	978
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	1201 MHz
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	1176 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	2,940 million
Floating-point performance		2,460 gflops
Texture fill rate		76.86 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	7012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		112.2 GB / s