NVIDIA GeForce MX230
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

483
Place in performance rating
664
Pascal
Architecture
Kepler
GP108
Code name
GK107
Laptop
Type
Laptop
20 February 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
$1221
Price now
$310
1.59
Value for money
0.21
N17S-G0
GPU code name
N13P-GS
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

256
Pipelines
384
1519 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1582 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,800 million
Transistor count
1,270 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
10 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
32 Watt
25.31
Texture fill rate
22.7 billion/sec
no data
Floating-point performance
544.5 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
384
256
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1531 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,800 million
Number of transistors
1,270 million
10 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
32 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
medium sized
Laptop size
medium sized
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

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 NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3\GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128bit
7000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
48.06 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
Up to 2048x1536
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
+
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
+
+
GameWorks
no data
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
DirectCompute
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 API
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce MX230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M 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 NVIDIA GeForce MX230 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce MX230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce MX230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce MX230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce MX230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce MX230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
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 NVIDIA GeForce MX230

4.8% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (10 Watt vs 32 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M

Cheaper ($310 vs $1221)

More pipelines (384 vs 256)

So, NVIDIA GeForce MX230 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M?

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

NVIDIA GeForce MX230 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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