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NVIDIA GeForce MX230

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 is a graphics card released on February 20, 2019, built on the Pascal architecture using a 14 nm process. It has 256 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 64-bit bus, 48.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.53 GHz and a 10 W board power rating. It scores 1,809 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.2.

PascalGP108 (N17S-G0-A1)14 nm

10/10 key specs recorded · 40 facts

Depth: 44 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NanoReview (Firecrawl extract) and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NanoReview (Firecrawl extract)PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

256cores

2 compute units

Memory

2 GB

GDDR5 · 64-bit

Boost clock

1.53 GHz

1.52 GHz base

Board power

10 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 scores 1,809 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 64.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,066), measured across 1,190 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 212.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,809

Rank #1,066
Faster than 64.3% of 2,658 GPUs
1,190 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 31 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 46.4% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 39% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 15 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 42.9% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 9 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 32.3% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 759 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 39.5% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce MX230 averages DirectX 9 31 fps, DirectX 10 6 fps, DirectX 11 15 fps, DirectX 12 9 fps and GPU Compute 759 ops/s, across 1,190 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x4

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 1519 MHz

Memory clock 1502 MHz

DirectX 12_1

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 10 W

First benchmarked 2019-01-08

Samples 1,190

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce MX230 states the PCIe 3.0 x4 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 1519 MHz, DirectX 12_1 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2019-01-08. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Pascal

Codename GP108 (N17S-G0-A1)

Chip Not recorded

Process node 14 nm

Transistors 1,800 M

Die size 74 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 is based on the Pascal architecture, uses the GP108 (N17S-G0-A1) graphics processor, is manufactured on a 14 nm process, contains 1,800 million transistors and has a die size of 74 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 256

Compute units 2

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 16

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 has 256 shading units, 2 compute units, 16 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce MX230. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce MX230.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.52 GHz

Boost clock 1.53 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock 1.50 GHz

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 runs at a base clock of 1.52 GHz and boosts to 1.53 GHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 48.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 48.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 has a board power rating of 10 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x4.

Board power (TDP) 10 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x4

Market

Launched February 20, 2019

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 was released on February 20, 2019.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,809

PassMark G2D 212

Rank #1,066

Samples 1,190

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.2.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.2

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce MX230. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce MX230.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce MX230 (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce MX230 (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce MX230 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 48.0 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce MX230 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 has a board power rating of 10 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce MX230?

The NVIDIA GeForce MX230 scores 1,809 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 64.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,066. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 9 fps.