NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR 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

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Videocard is newer: launch date 19 year(s) 0 month(s) later
7.8x more core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 220 nm
20x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 300 MHz
479.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2399 vs 5
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 240 vs 201

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	937 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 220 nm
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2399 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	240 vs 201

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2399

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

201

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G3D Mark	2399	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	201
Geekbench - OpenCL	9257
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	888

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Celsius
Code name	GP108B	NV10 A3
Launch date	21 February 2019	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	886	884
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	937 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	220 nm
Pipelines	384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	17 million
Texture fill rate		480 MTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0	7.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount		32 MB
Memory bandwidth		4.8 GB / s