GeForce MX230 vs Radeon HD 7450M

Place in the ranking	1133	644
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.46	33.11
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Seymour	GP108
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2012 (12 years ago)	21 February 2019 (5 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 cores	160	256
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1519 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1582 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.600	25.31
Floating-point processing power	0.224 TFLOPS	0.81 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	8	16

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 size	no data	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
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 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 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.

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	-	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 7450M 0.85

GeForce MX230 4.75
+459%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 7450M 329

GeForce MX230 1833
+457%

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.

HD 7450M 582

GeForce MX230 3364
+478%

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:

Full HD

3−4

−567%

20
+567%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−167%

8−9
+167%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −160%	13 +160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −367%	14 +367%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry 5	0−1	14
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −750%	17 +750%
Hitman 3	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −158%	30−35 +158%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −229%	23 +229%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −45.2%	45−50 +45.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −220%	16 +220%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −333%	13 +333%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry 5	0−1	12
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −500%	12 +500%
Hitman 3	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −158%	30−35 +158%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −143%	16−18 +143%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −70%	16−18 +70%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −45.2%	45−50 +45.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −20%	6 +20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −200%	9 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry 5	0−1	7
Hitman 3	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −158%	30−35 +158%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −143%	16−18 +143%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +11.1%	9 −11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −45.2%	45−50 +45.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−1200%

12−14
+1200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	9−10
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −175%	10−12 +175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−200%

9−10
+200%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

3−4

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	2−3
Far Cry 5	0−1	2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	19 +0%	19 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	59 +0%	59 +0%
Metro Exodus	18 +0%	18 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	13 +0%	13 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	53 +0%	53 +0%
Metro Exodus	13 +0%	13 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	12 +0%	12 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how HD 7450M and GeForce MX230 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX230 is 567% faster in 1080p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 7450M is 11% faster.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX230 is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 7450M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
GeForce MX230 is ahead in 37 tests (63%)
there's a draw in 21 test (36%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.85	4.75
Recency	7 January 2012	21 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	10 Watt

HD 7450M has 42.9% lower power consumption.

GeForce MX230, on the other hand, has a 458.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce MX230 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7450M in performance tests.

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