GeForce MX230 and GK208B - video card comparison

GeForce MX230

GK208B

Architecture

Pascal (2016−2021)

Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)

GPU code name

N17S-G0

GK208B

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

February 2019

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Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

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Supplementary power connectors

None

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Boost clock speed

1531 MHz

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Core clock speed

1519 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

14 nm

28 nm

Number of transistors

1,800 million

1,020 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

256

384

Power consumption (TDP)

10 Watt

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Texture fill rate

25.31

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Memory type

GDDR5

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Maximum RAM amount

4 GB

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Memory bus width

64 Bit

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Memory clock speed

7000 MHz

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Memory bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

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Shared memory

-

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Display Connectors

No outputs

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DirectX

12 (12_1)

12 (11_0)

CUDA

+

3.5

OpenCL

1.2

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

4.6

Shader Model

6.4

6.5 (5.1)

Vulkan

1.2.131

1.2.175

NVENC

-

No Support

Optimus

+

-

PureVideo HD

-

VP5