NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go 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 GeForce4 4200 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 3 month(s) later
759.5x more core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 2 MHz
7.9x more boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 200 MHz
96x more pipelines: 384 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
458x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1832 vs 4
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 215 vs 173

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 15 November 2002
Core clock speed	1519 MHz vs 2 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1832 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark	215 vs 173

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1832

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

215

173

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark	1832	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	215	173
Geekbench - OpenCL	6718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	445.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.43
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 GeForce4 4200 Go
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal
Code name	GP108	NV28M
Launch date	21 February 2019	15 November 2002
Place in performance rating	1003	1001
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	200 MHz
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	2 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384	4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0	DDR
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Shared memory		0