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NVIDIA GeForce MX150

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 GHz64 Bit @ 6008 MHz
GeForce MX130 compare 384 @ 1.12 - 1.24 GHz64 Bit
GeForce MX110 compare 256 @ 0.97 - 0.99 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameN17S-G1
ArchitecturePascal
Pipelines384 - unified
TMUs24
ROPs16
Core Speed1468 - 1532 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed6008 effective = 1502 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB
Shared Memoryno
Memory Bandwidth40.1 GB/s
APIDirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5
Power Consumption25 Watt (10 - 25 Watt TGP)
Transistor Count1.8 Billion
Die Size 71 mm²
technology14 nm
PCIe3 x4
FeaturesVulkan, Multi Monitor, Nvidia Optimus
Date of Announcement16.05.2017
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.geforce.com/hardware/notebook...
SuccessorGeForce MX250
PredecessorGeForce 940MX

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
6.2 pt (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 929     avg: 1101     median: 1132.5 (3%)     max: 1280 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 830     avg: 995     median: 1046 (3%)     max: 1147 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 178723     avg: 212534     median: 223740 (26%)     max: 240298 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 30503     avg: 57805     median: 46586.5 (6%)     max: 82527 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 8464     avg: 12772     median: 12943 (14%)     max: 15777 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 16227     avg: 19512     median: 19132 (5%)     max: 22183 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 2100     avg: 2999     median: 3104 (1%)     max: 3377 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 2323     avg: 3310     median: 3488 (4%)     max: 3739 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 31036     avg: 66344     median: 68607 (9%)     max: 101641 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 3028     avg: 4405     median: 4576 (7%)     max: 5219 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 2796     avg: 4191     median: 4494 (4%)     max: 4905 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 6377     avg: 10755     median: 10754.5 (6%)     max: 15132 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 12796     avg: 19251     median: 19312.5 (27%)     max: 24726 Points
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
specvp12 showcase-01 +
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 energy-01 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 0.49     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (0%)     max: 0.56 fps
specvp12 creo-01 +
specvp12 catia-04 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 16.44     avg: 17.1     median: 16.9 (3%)     max: 17.85 fps
specvp12 3dsmax-05 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
min: 22.02     avg: 23     median: 23 (4%)     max: 23.92 fps
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +
specvp13 snx-03 +
specvp13 showcase-02 +
specvp13 medical-02 +
specvp13 maya-05 +
specvp13 creo-02 +
specvp13 catia-05 +
specvp13 3dsmax-06 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 3328     avg: 6014     median: 6526.5 (5%)     max: 10464 points
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