NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs AMD Radeon R9 M380

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and AMD Radeon R9 M380 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, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX250

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 4% higher core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 900 MHz
• Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 1000 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1500 MHz
• Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.992 vs 34.701
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.64 vs 2.618
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4027 vs 3688
• 6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 536
• Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2855
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4027 vs 3688
• 6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 536
• Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2855

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M380

• 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
• Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2773 vs 2392
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 240
• Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12565 vs 9329
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 546.907 vs 535.24
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 48.878 vs 44.7
• Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 194.051 vs 141.816

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M380

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2392 2773
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	240 509
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9329 12565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	46.992 34.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	535.24 546.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.64 2.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	44.7 48.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	141.816 194.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4027 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3710 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 2855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4027 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3710 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 2855

Compare specifications (specs)