NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 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.

NVIDIA GeForce MX250

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 87% higher core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4000 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2423 vs 763
6.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.992 vs 7.457
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 535.24 vs 512.081
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4027 vs 1643
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3314
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4027 vs 1643
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3314

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed	937 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 30 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2423 vs 763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.992 vs 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	535.24 vs 512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4027 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4027 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

2.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 384
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 242

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	800 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 242

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2423

763

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

242

403

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

46.992

7.457

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

535.24

512.081

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4027

1643

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4027

1643

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3356

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark	2423	763
PassMark - G2D Mark	242	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	9088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.992	7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	535.24	512.081
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4027	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4027	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	888

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP108B	Broadway
Launch date	21 February 2019	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	885	847
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	937 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	800
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	1,040 million
Floating-point performance		800.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		20 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		64.0 GB / s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDMI 1.3a