NVIDIA GeForce MX230 vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
► remove from comparison
The Nvidia GeForce MX230 is an entry-level dedicated laptop graphics card with DirectX 12 support (FL 12_1) based (most likely) on the Pascal architecture (and not Maxwell as the older MX130). Similar to the faster MX250, the MX230 is based on the GP108 chip.
Features
The GP108 chip is manufactured in a 14 nm FinFET process at Samsung (LPP) and offers a number of new features, including support for DisplayPort 1.4 (ready), HDMI 2.0b, HDR and improved H.265 video de- and encoding (PlayReady 3.0). 4K HDR with Netflix, however, wont run due to the minimum 3 GB graphics memory that is required. Compared to the bigger Pascal chips, the small GP108 does not support Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP) for VR and G-Sync. A full list of improvements and the new Pascal desktop GPUs is available in our dedicated Pascal architecture article.
Performance
Thanks to the newer Pascal architecture, the MX230 is significantly faster than the old GeForce MX130 (Maxwell based). Demanding games of 2019 run only in lowest resolution and detail settings and may stutter (e.g. Anno 1800 or Rage 2 ran with under 30fps in our benchmarks). Less demanding games like Overwatch, Fifa 19 or Rocket League, however, can be played in higher detail and resolution settings without stuttering (see benchmarks below).
Power Consumption
The MX230 is manufactured in 14nm at Samsung and due to the low shader count and 64 Bit memory bus, the power consumption is rather low. Therefore, the chip can be also used for small and thin laptops. In our power tests, the faster MX250 needed 22% more power (Furmark load) and the old MX130 even 38% more. The integrated UHD Graphics 620 needed on average only 17% less power at a much lower performance.
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
► remove from comparison
The Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake with 64 EUs) is an integrated graphics card in the Ice Lake SoCs (10th generation core 10xxG7) for laptops. It offers no dedicated graphics memory (no eDRAM cache like the Intel Iris Graphics 655 predecessor of the Coffee Lake SoCs). The clock rate depends on the processor model. At launch it looks like all models have a 300 MHz base clock and only differ in the boost clock (1050 - 1100 MHz). Another difference is the TDP as it can be configured from 12 - 25 Watt in the 15 Watt U-models and maybe even higher in the 25 Watt models that will come later.
The performance should be slightly above a AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 integrated GPU in the Ryzen 7 3000 series processors. e.g. Intel showed a Intel Iris Plus G7 against a Ryzen 7 3700U both configured at 25 Watt TDP and the Ice Lake GPU was able to beat the Vega 10 slightly in all games. Compared to the previous generation, Intel talks about a 2x performance improvement but wont specify the exact model. All in all the GPU should be positioned in the entry level of dedicated GPUs (Nvidia GeForce MX150 level?) and therefore most suited for less demanding games like Fortnite, Rainbow 6 Siege, or Rocket League at reduced details. The theoretical performance of the Chip is specified with 1.12 TFLOPS (FP32) and 2.25 TFLOPS (FP16) when running at 1.1 GHz.
Compared to the older Gen.9 graphics (e.g., UHD Graphics 620 in Whiskey Lake), Gen.11 is using a wider architecture and also has 3 MB dedicated L3 cache near the GPU.
A special new feature of the Gen11 graphics card is the new Variable Rate Shading (VRS) support. With it game designers can decide where to spend shading time and e.g. shade object in the background or behind fog with less resolution (up to using only one source for a 4x4 block). With this technique early results show up to 1.3x performance in Unreal Engine POC and 1.2x speedup in Civ 6. Up to now VRS is only supported by the new Nvidia Turing architecture (GTX 1650 and up).
Another improved hardware piece is the integrated video de- and encoder that was improved significantly according to Intel. They did not specify any more details, but the previous generation was able to decode VP9 and H.265/HEVC in Main10 profile with 10 bit color depth using the dedicated hardware.
The Iris Plus G7 supports three display pipes that can each output 5K60 signals (via DisplayPort 1.4 HBR3 or HDMI 2.0b). Combining two pipes, the chip is capable to output 8k content.
The Ice Lake SoCs and therefore the integrated GPU are manufactured in the modern 10nm process at Intel that should be comparable to the 7nm process of TSMC.
NVIDIA GeForce MX230 | Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gen. 11 Series |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | N17S-G0 | Ice Lake G7 Gen. 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Pascal | Gen. 11 Ice Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 256 - unified | 64 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 1519 - 1531 (Boost) MHz | 300 - 1100 (Boost) MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 7000 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR5 | DDR4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 4 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.5 | DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 1.8 Billion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 14 nm | 10 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | Vulcan 1.1, GPU Boost 3.0, Optimus, PhysX, CUDA, GeForce Experience, GameWorks | QuickSync | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | medium sized | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 20.02.2019 | 28.05.2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.geforce.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 12-25 Watt |
|
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce MX230
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + NVIDIA GeForce MX230
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce MX230 → 100% n=24
Average Benchmarks Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) → 98% n=24

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Ready or Not
2023
EA Sports WRC
2023
Total War Pharaoh
2023
EA Sports FC 24
2023
Counter-Strike 2
2023
Armored Core 6
2023
Dead Island 2
2023
Company of Heroes 3
2023
Sons of the Forest
2023
Atomic Heart
2023
Hogwarts Legacy
2023
Dead Space Remake
2023
High On Life
2023
The Quarry
2022
Vampire Bloodhunt
2022
Ghostwire Tokyo
2022
Elden Ring
2022
Forza Horizon 5
2021
Riders Republic
2021
Back 4 Blood
2021
Alan Wake Remastered
2021
FIFA 21
2020
Serious Sam 4
2020
Crysis Remastered
2020
Death Stranding
2020
F1 2020
2020
Gears Tactics
2020
Doom Eternal
2020
Hunt Showdown
2020
Escape from Tarkov
2020
Need for Speed Heat
2019
GRID 2019
2019
FIFA 20
2019
Borderlands 3
2019
Control
2019
F1 2019
2019
Rage 2
2019
Anno 1800
2019
The Division 2
2019
Dirt Rally 2.0
2019
Anthem
2019
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
Metro Exodus
2019
Apex Legends
2019
Just Cause 4
2018
Darksiders III
2018
Battlefield V
2018
Farming Simulator 19
2018
Hitman 2
2018
Forza Horizon 4
2018
FIFA 19
2018
F1 2018
2018
Monster Hunter World
2018
Far Cry 5
2018
X-Plane 11.11
2018
Fortnite
2018
Destiny 2
2017
ELEX
2017
Team Fortress 2
2017
Rocket League
2017
Prey
2017
For Honor
2017
Resident Evil 7
2017
Civilization 6
2016
Overwatch
2016
Doom
2016
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
World of Warships
2015
Metal Gear Solid V
2015
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
GTA V
2015
Sims 4
2014
Thief
2014
BioShock Infinite
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Guild Wars 2
2012
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Diablo III
2012
StarCraft 2
2010Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce MX230 → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) → 82%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 75%
NVIDIA GeForce MX230 | Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
Ready or Not | 19.8 | 16.9 | ||||||||||||
EA Sports WRC | 12.4 | |||||||||||||
Total War Pharaoh | 39 | 25 | 13 | |||||||||||
EA Sports FC 24 | 23.9 | |||||||||||||
Counter-Strike 2 | 32.1 | 27.7 | 12.8 | |||||||||||
Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 10.3 | |||||||||||||
Lies of P | 12.7 | |||||||||||||
Armored Core 6 | 14.6 | 11.9 | ||||||||||||
Dead Island 2 | 20.5 | 16.5 | 12.4 | |||||||||||
Company of Heroes 3 | 18.6 | |||||||||||||
Sons of the Forest | 8.54 | |||||||||||||
Atomic Heart | 15.2 | 11.6 | ||||||||||||
Hogwarts Legacy | 11.2 | |||||||||||||
Dead Space Remake | 7.53 | |||||||||||||
High On Life | 24.1 | 13.4 | 12 | |||||||||||
The Callisto Protocol | 14.1 | |||||||||||||
Need for Speed Unbound | 12.8 | |||||||||||||
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 8.51 | |||||||||||||
The Quarry | 11 | |||||||||||||
Vampire Bloodhunt | 38.2 | 22.6 | 19.1 | 16.8 | ||||||||||
Ghostwire Tokyo | 13.8 | |||||||||||||
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 17.7 | |||||||||||||
Elden Ring | 15.5 | 12.7 | ||||||||||||
Rainbow Six Extraction | 23 | 17 | ||||||||||||
Forza Horizon 5 | 28 | 15 | ||||||||||||
Riders Republic | 19 | |||||||||||||
Back 4 Blood | 46.6 | 20 | 17.1 | |||||||||||
Alan Wake Remastered | 41.9 | 20.5 | 16.7 | |||||||||||
FIFA 21 | 105.3 | 55.1 | 50.9 | 41.1 | ||||||||||
Mafia Definitive Edition | 26 | 12 | ||||||||||||
Serious Sam 4 | 40.4 | 7.4 | ||||||||||||
Crysis Remastered | 47.7 | 23.6 | 6.9 | |||||||||||
Flight Simulator 2020 | 21.6 | 9.7 | ||||||||||||
Death Stranding | 25.7 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 11.1 | ||||||||||
F1 2020 | 45 | 24 | 17 | 11 | ||||||||||
Gears Tactics | 56.2 | 19.6 | 12.1 | 8.3 | ||||||||||
Doom Eternal | 22.8 | 12.3 | 12.1 | |||||||||||
Hunt Showdown | 30.7 | 13.4 | 9.9 | |||||||||||
Escape from Tarkov | 29.3 | 18.5 | 17.6 | |||||||||||
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 11 | 10.6 | ||||||||||||
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 11.9 | 9.9 | ||||||||||||
Need for Speed Heat | 14 | 9 | 8.9 | |||||||||||
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 | 0 | |||||||||||||
GRID 2019 | 46.8 | 19.2 | 12.4 | 20 | 20.3 | 17.1 | ||||||||
FIFA 20 | 73.1 | 62.4 | 55.6 | 46.4 | 42 | 34 | 27 | 23.1 | ||||||
Borderlands 3 | 39.6 | 16 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 6.6 | ||||||
Control | 34.8 | 11 | 7.5 | 23 | 8 | 4.9 | ||||||||
F1 2019 | 62 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 49 | 25 | 23 | 16 | ||||||
Total War: Three Kingdoms | 61 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 13 | 7 | 5 | ||||||
Rage 2 | 24.5 | 10.2 | 8 | 4.1 | 13.4 | 11 | 8.9 | |||||||
Anno 1800 | 24.4 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 26 | 15.6 | ||||||||
The Division 2 | 43 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 27 | |||||||||
Dirt Rally 2.0 | 71 | 22.9 | 17.5 | 10.4 | 62 | 21 | 17 | |||||||
Anthem | 22.7 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 12 | 7.5 | 6.2 | |||||||
Far Cry New Dawn | 32 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 17 | ||||||||
Metro Exodus | 25.9 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 17 | 9 | 6.7 | |||||||
Apex Legends | 45.8 | 17.8 | 14.4 | 12.4 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 14.5 | ||||||
Just Cause 4 | 30.9 | 17.4 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 7.5 | |||||||
Battlefield V | 38.3 | 20.2 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 18 | 16 | |||||||
Assassin´s Creed Odyssey | 26 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 24 | |||||||||
Forza Horizon 4 | 46 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 13 | ||||||||
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 32 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 13 | |||||||
Strange Brigade | 51 | 20 | 17 | 15.2 | ||||||||||
Monster Hunter World | 34.1 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 22 | 9.3 | 9 | |||||||
Far Cry 5 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
World of Tanks enCore | 235 | 54.4 | 17.9 | 157 | 26 | 16.2 | ||||||||
X-Plane 11.11 | 48.4 | 36.3 | 32.9 | 29 | 16 | 15 | ||||||||
Kingdom Come: Deliverance | 31.5 | 13.8 | 11.6 | 7 | 26.4 | 12 | 10.8 | |||||||
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 26 | 11.4 | 7.4 | 19 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||
Fortnite | 84.7 | 33.2 | 19.5 | 15.6 | 77 | 32.3 | 25.1 | 15.4 | ||||||
Star Wars Battlefront 2 | 27.7 | 10.8 | 9.6 | |||||||||||
Destiny 2 | 44.9 | 23.9 | 22 | 17.5 | 29.4 | 20.4 | ||||||||
ELEX | 23.7 | 14.4 | 10.9 | |||||||||||
Middle-earth: Shadow of War | 50 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 16 | 12 | |||||||
Team Fortress 2 | 96 | 91.4 | 68.8 | 62.9 | 97.2 | 92 | 63.2 | 30.1 | ||||||
Rocket League | 152.6 | 77.7 | 72.7 | 91 | 54 | 38 | ||||||||
Prey | 90.9 | 34.7 | 25.3 | 21.3 | 45.4 | 18.2 | 14.8 | |||||||
Ghost Recon Wildlands | 35.5 | 15.2 | 13 | 3.5 | 16.3 | 9.9 | ||||||||
For Honor | 63 | 21 | 18.7 | 15 | 45.9 | 17.1 | 15.4 | 12.3 | ||||||
Resident Evil 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Overwatch | 96 | 81 | 38 | 20 | 80 | 56 | 31 | 19 | ||||||
Doom | 56.4 | 45.9 | 19.3 | 15.6 | 41.2 | 20.4 | ||||||||
Rise of the Tomb Raider | 39 | 25 | 14 | 10 | ||||||||||
Rainbow Six Siege | 85.9 | 61.9 | 32.2 | 22.5 | 98.2 | 61.5 | 33.6 | 27.7 | ||||||
World of Warships | 101.2 | 84.1 | 52.8 | 33.2 | 92 | 57 | 31.1 | 23.9 | ||||||
Metal Gear Solid V | 60 | 60 | 31.1 | 18.1 | ||||||||||
Dota 2 Reborn | 126.7 | 113 | 58 | 43.2 | 81 | 50 | 29 | 27 | ||||||
The Witcher 3 | 47 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 32 | 17 | 8 | ||||||
GTA V | 71.5 | 64.5 | 26.9 | 10.6 | 40 | 38 | 13 | 4.9 | ||||||
Sims 4 | 171.9 | 110 | 60.5 | 48.7 | 175.4 | 70.1 | 37.8 | 27.6 | ||||||
BioShock Infinite | 157 | 82 | 73 | 29 | 95 | 59 | 50 | 18 | ||||||
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | 340 | 100 | 63 | 30.6 | ||||||||||
Tomb Raider | 150.8 | 74.4 | 55.4 | 26.1 | 121 | 71 | 45 | 25 | ||||||
Guild Wars 2 | 105 | 33.2 | 13.9 | |||||||||||
Counter-Strike: GO | 178.1 | 127.1 | 90.7 | 64.9 | 154.7 | 111.2 | 71.5 | 39.2 | ||||||
Diablo III | 142.6 | 114.2 | 96.1 | 52.6 | 127.6 | 101.5 | 81.9 | 50.5 | ||||||
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 75.6 | 45.4 | 29.9 | 15.3 | ||||||||||
NVIDIA GeForce MX230 | Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) | |||||||||||||
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 6 19 12 8 | 27 5 12 1 | 31 7 6 | 33 5 2 | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 51 24 13 6 | 58 11 8 | 47 10 4 | 27 5 | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List