GeForce MX230 vs Radeon HD 6850M

Place in performance ranking	854	607
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.13	1.63
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Granville Pro/LP	N17S-G0
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	20 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$338	$1221

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce MX230 has 1154% better value for money than HD 6850M.

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	800	256
Core clock speed	575 / 675 MHz	1519 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1531 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	27.00	25.31
Floating-point performance	1,080.0 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6850M 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
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 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

Supported GPU Technologies

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

Optimus

no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	+

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.

HD 6850M 1.96

GeForce MX230 4.75
+142%

GeForce MX230 outperforms Radeon HD 6850M by 142% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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%

HD 6850M 1470

GeForce MX230 3364
+129%

GeForce MX230 outperforms Radeon HD 6850M by 129% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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	20 −125%	45−50 +125%
Full HD	26 +23.8%	21 −23.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−100%

8−9
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −550%	13 +550%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −900%	20 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1400%	15 +1400%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −1400%	15 +1400%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −600%	21 +600%
Hitman 3	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −25%	10 +25%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −400%	10 +400%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −700%	16 +700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1200%	13 +1200%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −1200%	13 +1200%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −433%	16 +433%
Hitman 3	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −33.3%	4 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −12.5%	9 +12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −200%	15 +200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −200%	6 +200%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −500%	12 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12 +1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −1100%	12 +1100%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −300%	12 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −80%	9 +80%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Hitman 3	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Metro Exodus	0−1	3−4
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	2−3
Far Cry 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%

This is how HD 6850M and GeForce MX230 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX230 is 125% faster than HD 6850M in 900p
HD 6850M is 23.8% faster than GeForce MX230 in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX230 is 1400% faster than the HD 6850M.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GeForce MX230 surpassed HD 6850M in all 47 of our tests.

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	1.96	4.75
Recency	6 January 2011	20 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	10 Watt