NVIDIA GeForce 920MX vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920MX and AMD Radeon R7 250 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
  • 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 16 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 3170
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 3170
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 March 2016 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 16 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1080 vs 1076
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 vs 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 vs 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 993 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
  • Around 19% better floating-point performance: 716.8 gflops vs 602.1 gflops
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 289 vs 151
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8916 vs 3930
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2179 vs 1764
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2179 vs 1764
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 993 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Floating-point performance 716.8 gflops vs 602.1 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 289 vs 151
Geekbench - OpenCL 8916 vs 3930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2179 vs 1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2179 vs 1764

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1080
1076
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
151
289
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3930
8916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1764
2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3691
3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1764
2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3691
3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3356
Name NVIDIA GeForce 920MX AMD Radeon R7 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 1080 1076
PassMark - G2D Mark 151 289
Geekbench - OpenCL 3930 8916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1764 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1764 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 385 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 96.934

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 920MX AMD Radeon R7 250

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Oland
Launch date 25 March 2016 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 1033 1087
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Price now $78.34
Value for money (0-100) 27.62

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 965 MHz
Floating-point performance 602.1 gflops 716.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 256 384
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s 22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 16 Watt 75 Watt
Stream Processors 384
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None N / A
Length 168 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync