NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition 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 GTX 780M Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 771 MHz
Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 797 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
12.2x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 122 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.992 vs 33.184
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 141.816 vs 126.579
34.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4027 vs 117
34.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 108.2
28x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 119.7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 8 November 2013
Core clock speed	937 MHz vs 771 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz vs 797 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 122 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.992 vs 33.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	141.816 vs 126.579
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4027 vs 117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 108.2
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 119.7

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1002.196 vs 535.24
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.261 vs 2.64
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 54.752 vs 44.7
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6912 vs 4027
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6710 vs 3710
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6703 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1536 vs 384
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1002.196 vs 535.24
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.261 vs 2.64
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	54.752 vs 44.7
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6912 vs 4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6710 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6703 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

46.992

33.184

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

535.24

1002.196

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.64

3.261

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

44.7

54.752

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

141.816

126.579

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4027

6912

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

6710

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

6703

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4027

117

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

108.2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

119.7

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	2424
PassMark - G2D Mark	242
Geekbench - OpenCL	9094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.992	33.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	535.24	1002.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.64	3.261
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.7	54.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	141.816	126.579
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4027	6912
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	6710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	6703
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4027	117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	108.2
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	119.7
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	888

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Kepler
Code name	GP108B	GK104
Launch date	21 February 2019	8 November 2013
Place in performance rating	885	887
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	797 MHz
Core clock speed	937 MHz	771 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	122 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	3,540 million
Floating-point performance		2,448 gflops
Texture fill rate		102.0 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		160.0 GB / s