NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA Quadro K3000M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA Quadro K3000M 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 K3000M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 654 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.1x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 2800 MHz
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1839 vs 1652
Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6691 vs 4252
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.591 vs 14.45
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 445.82 vs 403.983
Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.736 vs 0.992
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.43 vs 15.202
4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 102.234 vs 24.266
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2680 vs 2527
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3505
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2680 vs 2527
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3505

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 1 June 2012
Core clock speed	1519 MHz vs 654 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 2800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1839 vs 1652
Geekbench - OpenCL	6691 vs 4252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.591 vs 14.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	445.82 vs 403.983
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.736 vs 0.992
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.43 vs 15.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	102.234 vs 24.266
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2680 vs 2527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 3505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680 vs 2527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 3505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K3000M

Around 50% higher pipelines: 576 vs 384
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 341 vs 217

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	576 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	341 vs 217

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K3000M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1839

1652

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

217

341

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6691

4252

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.591

14.45

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

445.82

403.983

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.736

0.992

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.43

15.202

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.234

24.266

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2680

2527

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

3505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2680

2527

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

3505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1839	1652
PassMark - G2D Mark	217	341
Geekbench - OpenCL	6691	4252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.591	14.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	445.82	403.983
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.736	0.992
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.43	15.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	102.234	24.266
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2680	2527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705	3505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2680	2527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705	3505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX230	NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Kepler
Code name	GP108	GK104
Launch date	21 February 2019	1 June 2012
Place in performance rating	1005	1007
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$155
Price now		$155
Value for money (0-100)		13.57
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	654 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	576
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	3,540 million
Floating-point performance		753.4 gflops
Texture fill rate		31.39 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	2800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		89.6 GB / s
Shared memory		0