GeForce MX230 and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile - video card comparison

GeForce MX230

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile

Architecture

Pascal (2016−2021)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

N17S-G0

GN20-P0-R 6 GB

Market segment

Laptop

Release date

February 2019

January 2023

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

None

Boost clock speed

1531 MHz

1492 MHz

Core clock speed

1519 MHz

1237 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

14 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

1,800 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

256

2560

Power consumption (TDP)

10 Watt

60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)

Texture fill rate

25.31

Memory type

GDDR5

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

4 GB

6 GB

Memory bus width

64 Bit

96 Bit

Memory clock speed

7000 MHz

12000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

No outputs

DirectX

12 (12_1)

12_2

CUDA

OpenCL

1.2

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.4

Vulkan

1.2.131

Optimus