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.

NVIDIA GeForce MX250

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

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 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 241 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

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2019 vs 10 March 2014
Core clock speed	937 MHz vs 797 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz vs 915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	241 vs 226
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.992 vs 22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	535.24 vs 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.7 vs 28.662
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3684
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 2418
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10286 vs 9204
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

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3051 vs 2418
Geekbench - OpenCL	10286 vs 9204
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.416 vs 2.64
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	162.83 vs 141.816
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938 vs 4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938 vs 4027
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

2418

3051

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

241

226

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9204

10286

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

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2418	3051
PassMark - G2D Mark	241	226
Geekbench - OpenCL	9204	10286
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.992	22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	535.24	210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.64	3.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.7	28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	141.816	162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4027	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4027	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	888	1151

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Kepler
Code name	GP108B	GK104
Launch date	21 February 2019	10 March 2014
Place in performance rating	902	904
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	915 MHz
Core clock speed	937 MHz	797 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1152 or 640
Floating-point performance		1,389 gflops
Texture fill rate		43.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		80.0 GB / s
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA