Monday, January 20th 2020
NVIDIA to Reuse Pascal for Mobility-geared MX300 Series
NVIDIA will apparently still be using Pascal when they launch their next generation of low-power discrete graphics solutions for mobile systems. The MX300 series will replace the current crop of MX200 series (segregated in three products in the form of the MX230, MX250 10 W and MX250 25 W). The new MX300 keeps the dual-tiered system, but ups the ante on the top of the line MX350. Even though it's still Pascal, on a 14 nm process, the MX350 should see an increase in CUDA cores to 640 (by using NVIDIA's Pascal GP107 chip) from the MX250's 384. Performance, then, should be comparable to the NVIDIA GTX 1050.
The MX330, on the other hand, will keep specifications of the MX250, which signals a tier increase from the 256 execution units in the MX230 to 384. This should translate to appreciable performance increases for the new MX300 series, despite staying on NVIDIA's Pascal architecture. The new lineup is expected to be announced on February.
Sources:
VideoCardz, NotebookCheck
The MX330, on the other hand, will keep specifications of the MX250, which signals a tier increase from the 256 execution units in the MX230 to 384. This should translate to appreciable performance increases for the new MX300 series, despite staying on NVIDIA's Pascal architecture. The new lineup is expected to be announced on February.
34 Comments on NVIDIA to Reuse Pascal for Mobility-geared MX300 Series
Pardon, correction in order bro.
I'd really like to see more laptops pushed to a minimum of 1080 power considering a RTX level 2060 laptop is around $1000.
But, being also for mobile, I wonder why they didn't invest in 12nm, is the cost doesn't worth the extra power/efficiency.
940MX (Maxwell) = MX 150 (Pascal) = GT 1030 = MX 250 (Pascal) = MX 350 (Pascal @ 640 SPs)
It's great for 14" laptops aimed at light-gaming and media consumption (light CUDA & NVDEC).
Most of them are convertibles and ultrabooks, which are more expensive than regular laptop counterparts. Following that reasoning why would anyone buy an ultrabook when a regular laptop with similar hardware can cost less?
If someone said I could get a 2020 Dodge Caravan or a 2016 Corvette for the same price, and my intent was to race them on the track, I'm not buying the Caravan just because it's newer.
Would I want more modern gpus on ultrabooks? Sure I do, like I want a gt1030 refresh for my htpc, and I also want a house in the beach. But things cost money and time, and unless this 4 year old gpu gets really old to do their work properly, they are not renewing it. How many years have been intel and amd using the same igpus? Enough years to justify their retirement.And still they suck balls compared to nvidia and amd counterparts, because they are done with a specific cost in mind for a specific consumer target.