AMD Radeon 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and NVIDIA GeForce MX250 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 540

NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 248 vs 240
3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 9329

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	248 vs 240
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524 vs 9329

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
1001.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2392 vs 1404
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 2355
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 2355
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4027 vs 1726
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4027 vs 1726

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2392 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4027 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4027 vs 1726

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce MX250

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

248

240

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1404

2392

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35524

9329

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2355

3710

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2355

3710

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1726

4027

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1726

4027

Name	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA GeForce MX250
PassMark - G2D Mark	248	240
PassMark - G3D Mark	1404	2392
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524	9329
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2355	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2355	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1726	4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1726	4027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		46.992
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		535.24
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.64
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		44.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		141.816
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		888

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540	NVIDIA GeForce MX250
Essentials
Architecture	4th Gen GCN	Pascal
Code name	Topaz	GP108B
Design	AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	21 February 2019
Place in performance rating	860	861
Type	Notebook	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1038 MHz
Compute units	8
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture Units	32
Core clock speed		937 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		14 nm
Pipelines		384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		10 Watt
Transistor count		1,800 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX	12	12.0
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6 Gbps	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None