NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 14x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 140 Watt
• 1001.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
• Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.992 vs 30.505
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 44.7 vs 35.416
• 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 141.816 vs 62.69
• Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4027 vs 3581
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3690
• Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4027 vs 3581
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3690

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

• Around 5% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 937 MHz
• 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
• Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4005 vs 2407
• 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 480 vs 240
• Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11368 vs 9265
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 535.24
• Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.085 vs 2.64
• Around 47% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1307 vs 888

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2407 4005
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	240 480
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9265 11368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	46.992 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	535.24 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.64 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	44.7 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	141.816 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4027 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3710 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4027 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3710 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	888 1307

Compare specifications (specs)