GeForce MX230 and Switch GPU - video card comparison
GeForce MX230
Switch GPU
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name
N17S-G0
GM20B
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
February 2019
March 2017
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
IGP
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1531 MHz
768 MHz
Core clock speed
1519 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
20 nm
Number of transistors
1,800 million
2,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
256
Power consumption (TDP)
10 Watt
15 Watt
Texture fill rate
25.31
12.29
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR4
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
5.3
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.1.126
Optimus
+
-