GeForce MX230 vs Tegra X1

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated645
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data32.53
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM20BGP108
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data21 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 cores256256
Core clock speed1000 MHz1519 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1582 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology20 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate16.0025.31
Floating-point processing power0.512 TFLOPS0.81 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1616

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1502 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data48.06 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 outputsNo 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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Tegra X1 1551
GeForce MX230 7113
+359%

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 20 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 10 Watt

GeForce MX230 has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tegra X1 and GeForce MX230. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tegra X1 is a desktop card while GeForce MX230 is a notebook 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 Tegra X1
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