NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 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 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• Around 18% higher core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 797 MHz
• Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 915 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 240 vs 226
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.992 vs 22.828
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 535.24 vs 210.585
• Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 44.7 vs 28.662
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3684
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3340
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3684
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

• Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
• Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3051 vs 2412
• Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10351 vs 9230
• Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.416 vs 2.64
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 162.83 vs 141.816
• Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 4027
• Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 4027
• Around 30% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1151 vs 888

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2412 3051
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	240 226
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9230 10351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	46.992 22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	535.24 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.64 3.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	44.7 28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	141.816 162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4027 4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3710 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4027 4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3710 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	888 1151

Compare specifications (specs)