NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and ATI Radeon X1600 XT 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: 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 Radeon X1600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 590 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 42 Watt
4.4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1380 MHz
20.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2392 vs 116
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1745
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1745

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed	937 MHz vs 590 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 42 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2392 vs 116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 356 vs 240

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	356 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2392

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1745

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1745

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2392	116
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	356
Geekbench - OpenCL	9329
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	1745
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	888

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	R500
Code name	GP108B	RV530
Launch date	21 February 2019	1 October 2007
Place in performance rating	861	858
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	937 MHz	590 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	157 million
Texture fill rate		2.36 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.08 GB / s