First benchmarks of the NVIDIA GeForce MX130 are reminiscent of the GeForce 940MX

In 3D Mark 11, the MX130-based Acer sample trailed significantly behind the MX150 but fared almost identical to the 940MX-based Lenovo ThinkPad T470p, which boasts of an Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU and a 940MX. These scores suggest that the Pascal architecture of the MX150 does have its benefits even at the low end of the spectrum.

In 3DMark, the MX150-based Acer Swift 3 SF315 had an expected lead in every test over the MX130 Acer sample notebook but when compared against the Lenovo ThinkPad T470p, we find that there is almost no difference in the scores between the MX130 and the 940MX. 

The GM108 GPU-based NVIDIA GeForce MX130 ticks all the right boxes at the lower-end of the dedicated GPU spectrum. The MX130 is still based on the 28nm Maxwell architecture, therefore, it does not bring along improvements of the more energy efficient Pascal architecture. However, we can expect budget ultrabooks to feature this GPU very soon along with the 8th generation Intel 'Kaby Lake-R' chips, thereby, bringing entry level dedicated graphics performance within the reach of many.

For more benchmarks and up to date information, see our dedicated page for the NVIDIA GeForce MX130.