Nvidia GeForce MX230 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce MX230, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce MX230 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
34
18
15
9
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
23
21
14
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
46
27
21
9
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
31
29
19
10
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
20
13
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
28
26
15
11
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
17
9
10
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
17
12
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
28
26
18
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a27
1080p Ultran/a20
1440p Ultran/a14
4K Ultran/a-
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce MX230
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
2309
Time Spyn/a2345
Fire Striken/a7709
Night Raidn/a31352
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce MX230
7785
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
21976
Background Blur19.4 frames/s57 frames/s
Face Detection9.09 frames/s27.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.29 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection0.43 Gpix/sec1.22 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.44 Gpix/sec1.32 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.08 Gpix/sec0.19 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching25 Gpix/sec73.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics759.2 fps2037 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce MX230
1830
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
5918
G2D Mark214323
DirectX 1115 fps45 fps
DirectX 129 fps24 fps
GPU Compute765 Ops/s2190 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce MX230
9.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
29.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)60.5 fps166.7 fps
Car Chase58.3 fps150.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)49.7 fps134.4 fps
T-Rex214.2 fps643.6 fps
ALU 2223.8 fps622.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2192.8 fps202.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation275.8730.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 21, 2019 January, 3, 2017
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Pascal
Codename GP108 GP107 (N17P-G1)

GPU

GPU Frequency 1519 MHz 1493 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1531 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 256 768
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 2 6
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 512 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 24 Gpix/sec 52 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 24 GTex/s 78 GTex/s
FLOPS 0.8 TFLOPS 2.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 10 W 65 W
Process Samsung Samsung
Process tech. 14 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 74 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor count 1.8 billion 3.3 billion
Transistor density 24.32 MTr/mm² 25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1502 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 64 bit 128 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed 6000 MB/s 7008 MB/s
Memory Size 2 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce MX230
48 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
112.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.2.131
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4 1.4
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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