Radeon Graphics 448SP vs GeForce MX230

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking645not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency32.55no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP108Renoir
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date21 February 2019 (5 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores256448
Core clock speed1519 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate25.3153.20
Floating-point processing power0.81 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs1628

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1502 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsMotherboard Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2019 6 January 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

GeForce MX230 has 50% lower power consumption.

Graphics 448SP, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX230 and Radeon Graphics 448SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX230 is a notebook card while Radeon Graphics 448SP is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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NVIDIA GeForce MX230
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AMD Radeon Graphics 448SP
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