NVIDIA GeForce MX150
The Nvidia GeForce MX150 is a dedicated entry-level mobile graphics card for laptops based on the GP108 chip with the Pascal architecture. It was announced mid 2017 and is the mobile version of the desktop GeForce GT 1030 . It offers the same 384 shader cores and 64 Bit memory bus manufactured in 14 nm. The clock rates and performance however are a bit higher than the desktop GT 1030. Officially it is the successor to the older Maxwell based GeForce 940MX .
Currently there are two variants of the MX150, a "normal" N17S-G1-A1 with 1468 - 1531 MHz and 25 Watt TDP and a power efficient variant named N17S-LG-A1 with 936 - 1037 MHz (-32%) and 10 Watt TDP (-60%) for thin and light laptops.
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 .
The performance however is higher than the old GeForce GTX 950M with GDDR5 memory. Still modern and demanding games only run in low settings and resolutions fluently. E.g. Assassin's Creed Origins was only playable in lowest settings and 1280x720 pixels. Less demanding games like Call of Duty WW2 also ran in medium settings and Full HD fluently. See below for more and detailed gaming benchmarks.
The power efficient N17S-LG-A1 ULV variant is clearly slower than the normal one (due to the 32% lower boost clock).
The power consumption (25 Watt TDP of the chip alone) however lies on a level of the old 940MX (23 Watt). The older 950M and the new GTX 1050 are rated much higher with 40 Watt TDP. The GeForce MX150 also uses a small 23 x 23 mm package due to the small chip size.
GeForce MX100 Series GeForce MX150 384 @ 1.47 - 1.53 GHz 64 Bit @ 6008 MHz GeForce MX130 384 @ 1.12 - 1.24 GHz 64 Bit GeForce MX110 256 @ 0.97 - 0.99 GHz 64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Codename N17S-G1 Architecture Pascal Pipelines 384 - unified TMUs 24 ROPs 16 Core Speed 1468 - 1532 (Boost) MHz Memory Speed 6008 effective = 1502 MHz Memory Bus Width 64 Bit Memory Type GDDR5 Max. Amount of Memory 4 GB Shared Memory no Memory Bandwidth 40.1 GB/s API DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5 Power Consumption 25 Watt (10 - 25 Watt TGP) Transistor Count 1.8 Billion Die Size 71 mm² technology 14 nm PCIe 3 x4 Features Vulkan, Multi Monitor, Nvidia Optimus Date of Announcement 16.05.2017 Link to Manufacturer Page http://www.geforce.com/hardware/notebook... Successor GeForce MX250 Predecessor GeForce 940MX
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
7.7 pt (8%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 929 avg: 1101 median: 1132.5 (6%) max: 1280 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 830 avg: 995 median: 1046 (5%) max: 1147 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 178723 avg: 212534 median: 223740 (30%) max: 240298 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 30503 avg: 57805 median: 46586.5 (6%) max: 82527 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 8464 avg: 12772 median: 12943 (16%) max: 15777 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 16227 avg: 19512 median: 19132 (8%) max: 22183 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 2100 avg: 2999 median: 3104 (8%) max: 3377 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 2323 avg: 3310 median: 3488 (7%) max: 3739 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 31036 avg: 66344 median: 68607 (9%) max: 101641 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 3028 avg: 4405 median: 4576 (9%) max: 5219 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 2796 avg: 4191 median: 4494 (6%) max: 4905 Points
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3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 7839 avg: 10992 median: 10991.5 (9%) max: 14144 Points
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 6377 avg: 10755 median: 10754.5 (8%) max: 15132 Points
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3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
34443 Points (36%)
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
min: 12796 avg: 19251 median: 19312.5 (29%) max: 24726 Points
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
min: 14.6 avg: 15.7 median: 15.7 (7%) max: 16.8 fps
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
41.8 fps (14%)
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
min: 27 avg: 42 median: 42 (8%) max: 56.9 fps
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SPECviewperf 12 specvp12 sw-03 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 23.01 avg: 24.1 median: 24.4 (11%) max: 24.99 fps
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specvp12 snx-02 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 3.07 avg: 3.1 median: 3.1 (1%) max: 3.26 fps
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specvp12 showcase-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 13.22 avg: 14.3 median: 13.9 (5%) max: 15.8 fps
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specvp12 mediacal-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 9.81 avg: 10.6 median: 10.3 (6%) max: 11.55 fps
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specvp12 maya-04 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 25.1 avg: 27.8 median: 26.2 (9%) max: 32.06 fps
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specvp12 energy-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 0.49 avg: 0.5 median: 0.5 (1%) max: 0.56 fps
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specvp12 creo-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 11.08 avg: 11.3 median: 11.2 (6%) max: 11.52 fps
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specvp12 catia-04 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 16.44 avg: 17.1 median: 16.9 (6%) max: 17.85 fps
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specvp12 3dsmax-05 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
min: 22.02 avg: 23 median: 23 (6%) max: 23.92 fps
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SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
35.3 fps (16%)
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specvp13 snx-03 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
5.9 fps (1%)
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specvp13 showcase-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
15.7 fps (6%)
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specvp13 medical-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
8.5 fps (5%)
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specvp13 maya-05 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
54.2 fps (10%)
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specvp13 creo-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
27.1 fps (7%)
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specvp13 catia-05 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
25.8 fps (6%)
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specvp13 3dsmax-06 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
23.3 fps (6%)
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 3328 avg: 6014 median: 6526.5 (28%) max: 10464 points
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 1.45 avg: 62.6 median: 65.2 (24%) max: 77.9 fps
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Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 59.7 avg: 92.8 median: 94.1 (25%) max: 111.1 fps
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 + GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16
min: 59.8 avg: 132.5 median: 130.2 (4%) max: 209.6 fps
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GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 203 avg: 225.7 median: 207.9 (2%) max: 283.9 fps
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan
min: 57.9 avg: 85.5 median: 85.7 (23%) max: 112.7 fps
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 121.5 avg: 129.5 median: 123.9 (10%) max: 148.7 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen
min: 31.75 avg: 48.9 median: 50.4 (1%) max: 63.1 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 52.9 avg: 63 median: 61.8 (0%) max: 75.4 fps
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Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
140 fps (12%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 415 avg: 489.7 median: 437.5 (2%) max: 769 Samples/s
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 734 avg: 879 median: 773.5 (1%) max: 1451 Samples/s
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 2256 avg: 2544 median: 2581 (5%) max: 2856 points
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 25.9 avg: 44.5 median: 42.6 (7%) max: 66.8 Watt
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 29.5 avg: 40.5 median: 39.4 (5%) max: 53.1 Watt
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 32.8 avg: 48.6 median: 50.6 (11%) max: 67.6 Watt
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