NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 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 11 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 3.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 112
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 10.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 6.7x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2424 vs 482
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 242 vs 61
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 29 October 2007
Pipelines 384 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2424 vs 482
PassMark - G2D Mark 242 vs 61
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3346

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

  • Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 937 MHz
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 937 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2424
482
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
242
61
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3346
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX250 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 2424 482
PassMark - G2D Mark 242 61
Geekbench - OpenCL 9092
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 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 888

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX250 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla
Code name GP108B G92
Launch date 21 February 2019 29 October 2007
Place in performance rating 885 1357
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz
Core clock speed 937 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 112
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit