GeForce MX230 and A16 PCIe - video card comparison
GeForce MX230
A16 PCIe
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N17S-G0
GA107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
February 2019
April 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
8-pin EPS
Boost clock speed
1531 MHz
1695 MHz
Core clock speed
1519 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
1,800 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
10 Watt
250 Watt
Texture fill rate
25.31
135.6
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
14.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
231.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2
Optimus
+
-