NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs NVIDIA Quadro P400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA Quadro P400 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 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 1228 MHz
  • Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1252 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4012 MHz
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1840 vs 1639
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6691 vs 3053
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.591 vs 20.138
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 445.82 vs 318.72
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.736 vs 1.391
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.43 vs 24.886
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 102.234 vs 84.858
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 2875
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3328
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 2875
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3328
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 7 February 2017
Core clock speed 1519 MHz vs 1228 MHz
Boost clock speed 1582 MHz vs 1252 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 30 Watt
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 4012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1840 vs 1639
Geekbench - OpenCL 6691 vs 3053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.591 vs 20.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 445.82 vs 318.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.736 vs 1.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.43 vs 24.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 102.234 vs 84.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 vs 2875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 vs 2875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3328

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P400

  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 443 vs 217
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2709 vs 2680
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2709 vs 2680
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 443 vs 217
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2709 vs 2680
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2709 vs 2680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro P400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1840
1639
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
217
443
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6691
3053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.591
20.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
445.82
318.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.736
1.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32.43
24.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
102.234
84.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2680
2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
2875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3328
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2680
2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
2875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3328
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX230 NVIDIA Quadro P400
PassMark - G3D Mark 1840 1639
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 443
Geekbench - OpenCL 6691 3053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.591 20.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 445.82 318.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.736 1.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.43 24.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 102.234 84.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2680 2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 2875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2680 2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 2875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3328
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 617

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX230 NVIDIA Quadro P400

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Pascal
Code name GP108 GP107
Launch date 21 February 2019 7 February 2017
Place in performance rating 1005 982
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $119.99
Price now $119.99
Value for money (0-100) 18.70

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1582 MHz 1252 MHz
Core clock speed 1519 MHz 1228 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 384 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 3,300 million
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops
Texture fill rate 21.25 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort

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 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 4012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB / s