GeForce MX230 vs Radeon HD 7690M XT

Place in performance ranking	779	607
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.48	1.63
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Thames XTX	N17S-G0
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 June 2011 (12 years ago)	20 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$180	$1221

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce MX230 has 240% better value for money than HD 7690M XT.

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	480	256
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1519 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1531 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.40	25.31
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7690M XT 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	medium sized	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 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 7690M XT 2.61

GeForce MX230 4.75
+82%

GeForce MX230 outperforms Radeon HD 7690M XT by 82% based on our aggregated 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%

HD 7690M XT 1009

GeForce MX230 1839
+82.3%

GeForce MX230 outperforms Radeon HD 7690M XT by 82% 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%

HD 7690M XT 1346

GeForce MX230 3364
+150%

GeForce MX230 outperforms Radeon HD 7690M XT by 150% 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	21 −66.7%	35−40 +66.7%
Full HD	23 +9.5%	21 −9.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−60%

8−9
+60%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −333%	13 +333%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −300%	20 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −33.3%	16−18 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −400%	15 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −400%	15 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −250%	21 +250%
Hitman 3	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −125%	9−10 +125%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −11.1%	10 +11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −233%	10 +233%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −220%	16 +220%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −33.3%	16−18 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −333%	13 +333%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −333%	13 +333%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −167%	16 +167%
Hitman 3	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −125%	9−10 +125%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −150%	15 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −100%	6 +100%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −140%	12 +140%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −300%	12 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −300%	12 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −100%	12 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −50%	9 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Hitman 3	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
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	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

This is how HD 7690M XT and GeForce MX230 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX230 is 66.7% faster than HD 7690M XT in 900p
HD 7690M XT is 9.5% faster than GeForce MX230 in 1080p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX230 is 500% faster than the HD 7690M XT.

All in all, in popular games:

GeForce MX230 is ahead in 51 test (96%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (4%)

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	2.61	4.75
Recency	7 June 2011	20 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	10 Watt