GeForce MX230 vs GTX 660 Rev. 2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated645
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data32.56
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGK104GP108
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date13 September 2014 (10 years ago)21 February 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores960256
Core clock speed980 MHz1519 MHz
Boost clock speed1032 MHz1582 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate82.5625.31
Floating-point processing power1.981 TFLOPS0.81 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs8016

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s48.06 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.0+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2014 21 February 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 10 Watt

GeForce MX230 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and GeForce MX230. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while GeForce MX230 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
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