NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 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 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 23.6x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 236 Watt
  • 5.4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1107 MHz
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2423 vs 1299
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 242 vs 62
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 2697
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3325
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 2697
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3325
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 16 June 2008
Pipelines 384 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 236 Watt
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1107 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2423 vs 1299
PassMark - G2D Mark 242 vs 62
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 937 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21396 vs 9071
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1296 MHz vs 937 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 21396 vs 9071

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2423
1299
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
242
62
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9071
21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3325
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX250 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
PassMark - G3D Mark 2423 1299
PassMark - G2D Mark 242 62
Geekbench - OpenCL 9071 21396
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 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 888

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX250 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla 2.0
Code name GP108B GT200
Launch date 21 February 2019 16 June 2008
Place in performance rating 885 1051
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Price now $522.78
Value for money (0-100) 2.98

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz
Core clock speed 937 MHz 1296 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 240
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 236 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 1,400 million
CUDA cores 240
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Texture fill rate 48.2 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
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
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1107 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 141.7 GB / s

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI