GeForce 7950 GT and GeForce MX230 - video card comparison

Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 7950 GT vs GeForce MX230

GeForce 7950 GT

354

GeForce MX230

1894

GeForce 7950 GT

GeForce MX230

Architecture

Curie (2003−2013)

Pascal (2016−2021)

GPU code name

G71

N17S-G0

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

August 2006

February 2019

Interface

PCIe 1.0 x16

PCIe 3.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 6-pin

None

Boost clock speed

1531 MHz

Core clock speed

550 MHz

1519 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

90 nm

14 nm

Number of transistors

278 million

1,800 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

256

Power consumption (TDP)

65 Watt

10 Watt

Texture fill rate

13.20

25.31

Memory type

GDDR3

GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount

512 MB

4 GB

Memory bus width

256 Bit

64 Bit

Memory clock speed

1400 MHz

7000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

44.8 GB/s

48.06 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

DirectX

9.0c (9_3)

12 (12_1)

CUDA

OpenCL

N/A

1.2

OpenGL

2.1

4.6

Shader Model

3.0

6.4

Vulkan

N/A

1.2.131

Optimus