some MX150 GPUs are slower than others – Mi 13.3 and 15 Pro

[filn]

There is an interesting article about the NVIDIA GeForce MX150, depending on the power limits and notebook size, maybe to improve heat dissipation and battery consumption.

NotebookCheck recently noticed that there are two different versions, and one offers up to 25 percent better performance than the other… although it also uses more power.

NVIDIA GeForce MX150 1D10

GPU clock: 1469 MHz
Boost clock: 1532 MHz
Memory clock: 1502 MHz
TDP: 25W
NVIDIA GeForce MX150 1D12

GPU clock: 937 MHz
Boost clock: 1038 MHz
Memory Clock: 1253 MHz
TDP: 10W

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13.3 inch Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air (2018) – 10W
13.3 inch Asus Zenbook UX330UN – 10W
15.6 inch Acer Swift 3 SF315-51G-57E5 – 25W
15.6 inch MSI PLS62 – 25W
15.6 inch Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro – 25W

source: https://liliputing.com/2018/03/some-nvidia-geforce-mx150-gpus-are-slower-than-others.html

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[Chris G]

Thanks for the info. I mentioned this in my review of the Xiaomi M iNotebook Air 13″ model how it was much slower than the Mi Notebook Pro due to lower clock speeds. Now I see it’s also other tech that is affected. And the difference is noticeable, the Mi Notebook Pro is just so much better at gaming, it’s better cooling also adds to that.

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[filn]

Yes I remember you mentioning the diference Chris!

Is more rational to pick up the 15 Pro if you don’t mind the 2kg weight and size. The only thing missing is Thunderbolt 3.

[Chris G]

filn wrote:

Yes I remember you mentioning the diference Chris! Is more rational to pick up the 15 Pro if you don’t mind the 2kg weight and size. The only thing missing is Thunderbolt 3.

I know so stupid of them to not include Thunderbolt 3. Iseeon’t se their reasons to not included it, of course, it must have been cost surely it wouldn’t have pushed it up that much?

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[Paul]

Interestingly my Notebook Pro is showing as having the 10W MX150 1D12

 

 

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[Chris G]

Paul wrote:

Interestingly my Notebook Pro is showing as having the 10W MX150 1D12

@paul1109 Please check your max clocks with GPU-Z to confirm the turbos please and let us all know.

But now I have a newer model Mi Notebook Pro the $799 sale one I will check if it is the 25W TDP or the 10W one once I get into the studio on Tuesday, I don’t plan to head there this weekend. Maybe this is why it was cheaper! If this is true I will definitely have to post a video and an article on it testing it. Shame on Xiaomi if they downgraded the GPU, they better not have!

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[Paul]

So now I’m really confused, GPU-Z is showing it is the 1D12 Nvidia model but the specs are higher than previously posted but still less than the 25W 1D10, is it possibly a hybrid of the 2?  Xiaomi have overclocked the 10W version?  I have modified my CPU settings though, could this boost the GPU too?

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[Lars E]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-has-been-sneaking-in-slower-GeForce-MX150-1D12-variant-onto-some-Ultrabooks.289358.0.html

I got the same MX150 as you Paul. Seems like Xiaomi boosts the gpu a little bit on the Pro.  I have the i7, 16gb ram model. Not OC, as it came with the 502 bios version.

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[Chris G]

Okay so my two Mi Notebook 8250U’s are 1D12’s 25W TDP MX150’s ones too, but different clocks from those reported. Those clocks seem high like a desktop GT 1030 in the first post. But I think there is nothing to worry about, the MX150 in the Mi Notebook Pro is a lot faster than the M iNotebookAir 13’s.

My GPU-z info screenshot:

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[jabjab]

I have a notebook pro  with i5 and 8gb ram.
What I have discovered is that if you run GPU-Z it will show 1252 for both core and memory frequency.
But if you enable the option to save the sensor info to a log file and start a demanding game, when I go back to the log  file the memory has stayed constant at 1252 but the core goes all the way up to around 1600 (1632 was my max), as soon as you switch apps away from game it drops all the way down

[Michael Saldana]

So I’m curious does everyone here have the 1D12 version? Is that the standard for this laptop then and not the standard 1D10? Mine is coming in tomorrow so I’m just wondering what I should expect

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