NVIDIA GeForce MX250 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 914 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
  • 2.4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 240 vs 217
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.992 vs 42.396
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 535.24 vs 373.644
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.64 vs 2.54
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 44.7 vs 39.412
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 141.816 vs 139.158
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 937 MHz vs 914 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 240 vs 217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.992 vs 42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 535.24 vs 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.64 vs 2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.7 vs 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 141.816 vs 139.158

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 2392
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9744 vs 9329
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 4027
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 4027
  • 3.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3350 vs 888
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2577 vs 2392
Geekbench - OpenCL 9744 vs 9329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 vs 4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 vs 4027
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350 vs 888

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
2577
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
240
217
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9329
9744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
46.992
42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
535.24
373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.64
2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
44.7
39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
141.816
139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4027
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4027
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
888
3350
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX250 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2392 2577
PassMark - G2D Mark 240 217
Geekbench - OpenCL 9329 9744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.992 42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 535.24 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.64 2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.7 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 141.816 139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4027 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4027 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 888 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX250 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell
Code name GP108B GM107
Launch date 21 February 2019 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 861 797
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 937 MHz 914 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 1,870 million
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops
Texture fill rate 44.96 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3 or GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB / s
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI