Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce MX250 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1038 MHz
2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
Around 53% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14238 vs 9329
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 4027
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 4027
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 240

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 21 February 2019
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238 vs 9329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 4027
PassMark - G2D Mark	311 vs 240

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX250

3.1x more core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 25 Watt
2.8x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3462
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3462
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3214
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2392 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	937 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 25 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3214
PassMark - G3D Mark	2392 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14238

9329

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

4027

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

4027

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3710

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3710

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

240

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

2392

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce MX250
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238	9329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3357
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	240
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	2392
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)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce MX250
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Pascal
Code name	DG1	GP108B
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	21 February 2019
Place in performance rating	523	861
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1038 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	937 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.534 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768	384
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count		1,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	6008 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5