Nvidia GeForce MX230 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce MX230, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce MX230 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
17
9
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
20
15
10
n/a
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
14
12
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
16
13
11
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
11
10
9
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a12
1080p Ultran/a10
1440p Ultran/a-
4K Ultran/a-
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce MX230
n/a
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
939
Time Spyn/a1074
Fire Striken/a3399
Night Raidn/a13201
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce MX230
7785
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
14408
Background Blur19.4 frames/s33.7 frames/s
Face Detection9.09 frames/s15.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.29 Gpix/sec0.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection0.43 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.44 Gpix/sec0.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.08 Gpix/sec0.21 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching25 Gpix/sec54.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics759.2 fps1957.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce MX230
1830
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
2250
G2D Mark214568
DirectX 1115 fps16 fps
DirectX 129 fps11 fps
GPU Compute765 Ops/s1215 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce MX230
9.5 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)60.5 fpsn/a
Car Chase58.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)49.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex214.2 fpsn/a
ALU 2223.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2192.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation275.8n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced February, 21, 2019 January, 7, 2020
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Raven
Codename GP108 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1519 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1531 MHz 1500-2000 MHz
Shader Units 256 448
TMUs 16 28
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 2 7
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 512 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 24 Gpix/sec 12-16 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 24 GTex/s 42-56 GTex/s
FLOPS 0.8 TFLOPS 1.3-1.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 IGP
TGP 10 W 10-45 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 74 mm² n/a
Transistor count 1.8 billion n/a
Transistor density 24.32 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1502 MHz n/a
Bus 64 bit n/a
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed 6000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 2 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce MX230
48 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.2 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4 n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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Total Votes: 4

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