GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh vs MX230

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking645not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency32.55no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP108GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date21 February 2019 (5 years ago)6 July 2022 (2 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 cores2562048
Core clock speed1519 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1492 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate25.3195.49
Floating-point processing power0.81 TFLOPS6.111 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs1664
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s144.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

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 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2019 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 75 Watt

GeForce MX230 has 650% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX230 and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce MX230
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