GeForce MX230 vs GTX 765M

Place in performance ranking	586	611
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.53	1.61
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	N14-GE	N17S-G0
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	30 May 2013 (11 years ago)	20 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$93	$1221

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce MX230 has 204% better value for money than GTX 765M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	256
CUDA cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1519 MHz
Boost clock speed	863 MHz	1531 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.23	25.31
Floating-point performance	1,326 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 765M and GeForce MX230 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB/s	48.06 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP content protection	+	no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 765M 5.16
+8.4%

GeForce MX230 4.76

GTX 765M outperforms MX230 by 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 765M 1993
+8.4%

GeForce MX230 1839

GTX 765M outperforms MX230 by 8% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 765M 4019
+19.5%

GeForce MX230 3364

GTX 765M outperforms MX230 by 19% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 765M 2479
+0.5%

GeForce MX230 2468

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 765M 17616
+11.5%

GeForce MX230 15797

GTX 765M outperforms MX230 by 12% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 765M 7209
+7.9%

GeForce MX230 6683

GTX 765M outperforms MX230 by 8% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 765M 6714

GeForce MX230 7113
+5.9%

MX230 outperforms GTX 765M by 6% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 765M 5514

GeForce MX230 6604
+19.8%

MX230 outperforms GTX 765M by 20% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	51 +13.3%	45−50 −13.3%
Full HD	43 +87%	23 −87%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Battlefield 5	12−14	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	10−12	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Metro Exodus	10−11	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Battlefield 5	12−14	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	10−12	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Metro Exodus	10−11	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	10−12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	no data
Far Cry 5	8−9	no data
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	no data
Hitman 3	9−10	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Metro Exodus	3−4	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	no data
Hitman 3	1−2	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	no data
Far Cry 5	3−4	no data
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6	no data
Metro Exodus	6−7	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

no data

This is how GTX 765M and GeForce MX230 compete in popular games:

GTX 765M is 13% faster in 900p
GTX 765M is 87% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.16	4.76
Recency	30 May 2013	20 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	10 Watt