Intel Iris Xe vs NVIDIA GeForce MX230

Compare Intel Iris Xe vs NVIDIA GeForce MX230, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

974 points

183% significantly better overall score

343 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

24 FPS

15 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

8 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

14 FPS

10 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

5 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

15 FPS

9 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

6 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

10 FPS

6 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

4 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.90 points

167% significantly higher Blender score

37.75 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

14184 points

98% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

7146 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

14105 points

98% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

7117 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

11957 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

6822 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

16575 points

160% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

6359 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

300 MHz

1519 MHz

406% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1100 MHz

1531 MHz

39% slightly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W

10 W

49% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

13.2 Gigapixels/s

24.5 Gigapixels/s

85% significantly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

26.4 Gigatexels/s

7% slightly higher texture rate

24.5 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

384

49% significantly more shading units

256

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

49% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

33% slightly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

264th of 586

361st of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 September

2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

Iris Xe vs GeForce MX230 specs and performance

For gaming, the Iris Xe graphics card is better than the GeForce MX230 in our tests.

In our comparison, the GeForce MX230 has a significantly higher core clock speed. This is the frequency at which the graphics core is running at. While not necessarily an indicator of overall performance, this metric can be useful when comparing two GPUs based on the same architecture. In addition, the GeForce MX230 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the GeForce MX230 has a significantly lower TDP at 10 W when compared to the Iris Xe at 15 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Iris Xe over the GeForce MX230.