NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 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 Quadro FX 3700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 112
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
7.8x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 78 Watt
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1839 vs 378
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 91
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3285
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3285

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 8 January 2008
Core clock speed	1519 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 78 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1839 vs 378
PassMark - G2D Mark	217 vs 91
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1839

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

217

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3285

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3285

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
PassMark - G3D Mark	1839	378
PassMark - G2D Mark	217	91
Geekbench - OpenCL	6691
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	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla
Code name	GP108	G92
Launch date	21 February 2019	8 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1005	1299
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Price now		$99.02
Value for money (0-100)		8.26
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	112
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	78 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	754 million
Floating-point performance		280 gflops
Texture fill rate		28 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s