GeForce MX230 and GeForce GT 555M 2 GB - video card comparison
GeForce MX230
GeForce GT 555M 2 GB
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N17S-G0
GF116
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
February 2019
March 2012
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1531 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1519 MHz
675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,800 million
1,170 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
144
Power consumption (TDP)
10 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
25.31
16.20
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
1800 MBps
Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Portable Device Dependent
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
2.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
Optimus
+
-