NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX250

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 1491
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1341
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 1491
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1341
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 3 January 2018
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 1341

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 999 MHz vs 937 MHz
  • Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1328 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 6008 MHz
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4020 vs 2392
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 285 vs 240
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12601 vs 9329
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6614 vs 4027
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6614 vs 4027
  • 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2076 vs 888
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 999 MHz vs 937 MHz
Boost clock speed 1328 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4020 vs 2392
PassMark - G2D Mark 285 vs 240
Geekbench - OpenCL 12601 vs 9329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6614 vs 4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6614 vs 4027
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2076 vs 888

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
4020
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
240
285
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9329
12601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4027
6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4027
6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
1341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
888
2076
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX250 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 2392 4020
PassMark - G2D Mark 240 285
Geekbench - OpenCL 9329 12601
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 6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4027 6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 1341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 888 2076

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX250 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Pascal
Code name GP108B GP107
Launch date 21 February 2019 3 January 2018
Place in performance rating 861 656
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz 1328 MHz
Core clock speed 937 MHz 999 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 384 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 3,300 million
Floating-point performance 1,700 gflops
Texture fill rate 53.12 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 7008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s
Shared memory 0