General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
Pipelines / CUDA cores512256Core clock speedno data1519 MHzBoost clock speed2100 MHz1531 MHzNumber of transistorsno data1,800 millionManufacturing process technology7 nm14 nmPower consumption [TDP]15 Watt10 WattTexture fill rateno data25.31
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] and GeForce MX230 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
Laptop sizeno datamedium sizedInterfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory typeno dataGDDR5Maximum RAM amountno data4 GBMemory bus widthno data64 BitMemory clock speedno data7000 MHzMemory bandwidthno data48.06 GB/sShared memory--
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones [so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips]. OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX12_112 [12_1]Shader Modelno data6.4OpenGLno data4.6OpenCLno data1.2Vulkanno data1.2.131CUDAno data+
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000]
9.07
+91.8%
Radeon RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] outperforms GeForce MX230 by 92% in our combined benchmark results.
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] 5951
+76.9%
Radeon RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] outperforms GeForce MX230 by 77% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] 3760
+52.4%
Radeon RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] outperforms GeForce MX230 by 52% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] 27250
+72.5%
Radeon RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] outperforms GeForce MX230 by 73% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 8%
RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] 299071
+63.4%
Radeon RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] outperforms GeForce MX230 by 63% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
Full HD22 21 1440p16 8−9 4K10 5−6
Performance in popular games
Full HD Low Preset
Cyberpunk 207719 8−9
Full HD Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey18−20
+46.2%
13
−46.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla20
+900%
2−3
−900%
Battlefield 539
+95%
20
−95%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare24−27
+56.3%
16−18
−56.3%
Cyberpunk 207714
+75%
8−9
−75%
Far Cry 522
+46.7%
15
−46.7%
Far Cry New Dawn27
+80%
15
−80%
Forza Horizon 430−35
+52.4%
21
−52.4%
Hitman 325
+150%
10−11
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn20
+150%
8−9
−150%
Red Dead Redemption 222
+144%
9−10
−144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider23
+130%
10
−130%
Watch Dogs: Legion21
+320%
5−6
−320%
Full HD High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey18−20
+90%
10
−90%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla16
+700%
2−3
−700%
Battlefield 533
+106%
16
−106%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare24−27
+56.3%
16−18
−56.3%
Cyberpunk 207710
+25%
8−9
−25%
Far Cry 520
+53.8%
13
−53.8%
Far Cry New Dawn25
+92.3%
13
−92.3%
Forza Horizon 430−35
+100%
16
−100%
Hitman 321
+110%
10−11
−110%
Horizon Zero Dawn16
+100%
8−9
−100%
Metro Exodus16
+300%
4
−300%
Red Dead Redemption 212
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider20
+122%
9
−122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt21
+40%
15
−40%
Watch Dogs: Legion17
+240%
5−6
−240%
Full HD Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey18−20
+217%
6
−217%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla14
+600%
2−3
−600%
Battlefield 530
+150%
12
−150%
Cyberpunk 20779
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Far Cry 519
+58.3%
12
−58.3%
Far Cry New Dawn24
+100%
12
−100%
Forza Horizon 430−35
+167%
12
−167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt14
+55.6%
9
−55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion12
+140%
5−6
−140%
1440p High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Hitman 315
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn12
+20%
10−11
−20%
Metro Exodus10
+150%
4−5
−150%
Red Dead Redemption 26−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider12
+50%
8−9
−50%
1440p Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla11
+120%
5−6
−120%
Battlefield 521
+110%
10−11
−110%
Cyberpunk 20775
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 516
+100%
8−9
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn17
+240%
5−6
−240%
Forza Horizon 416−18
+143%
7−8
−143%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion8
+700%
1−2
−700%
4K High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Hitman 38−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Metro Exodus6
+100%
3−4
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 25−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider6
+200%
2−3
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
4K Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 57−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Cyberpunk 20771−2 0−1 Far Cry 58
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn8
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 410−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Watch Dogs: Legion3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
This is how RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] and GeForce MX230 compete in popular games:
1080p resolution:
- RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] is 4.8% faster than GeForce MX230
1440p resolution:
- RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] is 100% faster than GeForce MX230
4K resolution:
- RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] is 100% faster than GeForce MX230
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] is 900% faster than the GeForce MX230.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] is ahead in 62 tests [98%]
- there's a draw in 1 test [2%]
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score 9.07 4.73 Recency 7 January 2020 20 February 2019 Pipelines / CUDA cores 512 256 Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm Power consumption [TDP] 15 Watt 10 Watt
The Radeon RX Vega 8 [Ryzen 4000/5000] is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce MX230 in performance tests.
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