Jetson Nano vs GeForce 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)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGP108GM20B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date21 February 2019 (5 years ago)March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99

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 cores256128
Core clock speed1519 MHz640 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz921 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate25.3114.74
Floating-point processing power0.81 TFLOPS0.2358 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1616

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 2.0 x4
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 typeGDDR5LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s25.6 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

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 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1
CUDA+5.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 20 nm

GeForce MX230 has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Jetson Nano, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX230 and Jetson Nano. We've got no test results to judge.


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