ATI FirePro M7740
VS
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
ATI FirePro M7740
VS
NVIDIA GeForce MX230

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards ATI FirePro M7740 and NVIDIA GeForce MX230. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

495
Place in performance rating
483
Terascale 1
Architecture
Pascal
M97
Code name
GP108
Mobile workstation
Type
Laptop
4 August 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
20 February 2019 (2 years ago)
$255
Price now
$1221
1.42
Value for money
1.59
RV740
GPU code name
N17S-G0
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between ATI FirePro M7740 and NVIDIA GeForce MX230 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
256
650 MHz
Core clock speed
1519 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1582 MHz
826 million
Transistor count
1,800 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
60 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
10 Watt
20.80
Texture fill rate
25.31
832.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
no data
Boost clock speed
1531 MHz
826 million
Number of transistors
1,800 million
60 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
10 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the ATI FirePro M7740 and NVIDIA GeForce MX230.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
medium sized

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics ATI FirePro M7740 and NVIDIA GeForce MX230 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
54.14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards ATI FirePro M7740 and NVIDIA GeForce MX230, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between ATI FirePro M7740 and NVIDIA GeForce MX230 is the additional functionality.

no data
GPU Boost
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Optimus
+
no data
GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is ATI FirePro M7740 and NVIDIA GeForce MX230. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

10.1 (10_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for ATI FirePro M7740 and NVIDIA GeForce MX230 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the ATI FirePro M7740 or NVIDIA GeForce MX230 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) ATI FirePro M7740
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
Death Stranding (2020) ATI FirePro M7740
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
F1 2020 (2020) ATI FirePro M7740
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
Gears Tactics (2020) ATI FirePro M7740
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
Doom Eternal (2020) ATI FirePro M7740
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of ATI FirePro M7740

Cheaper ($255 vs $1221)

More pipelines (640 vs 256)

More memory bandwidth (54.14 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce MX230

2.12% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (10 Watt vs 60 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

So, ATI FirePro M7740 or NVIDIA GeForce MX230?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce MX230 .

ATI FirePro M7740 versus NVIDIA GeForce MX230 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score ATI FirePro M7740
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce MX230