NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 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 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2392 vs 1608
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9329 vs 7151
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4027 vs 2652
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 1564
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3340
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4027 vs 2652
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 1564
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3340
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 3 January 2017
Core clock speed 937 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2392 vs 1608
Geekbench - OpenCL 9329 vs 7151
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4027 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4027 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 358 vs 240
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 358 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
1608
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
240
358
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9329
7151
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4027
2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4027
2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3340
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX250 Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
PassMark - G3D Mark 2392 1608
PassMark - G2D Mark 240 358
Geekbench - OpenCL 9329 7151
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 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4027 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 888

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX250 Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Generation 9.5
Code name GP108B Kaby Lake GT3e
Launch date 21 February 2019 3 January 2017
Place in performance rating 861 862
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 937 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 384 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 189 million
Floating-point performance 883 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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