GeForce MX250 vs 9400M (G) / ION (LE)

Place in the ranking	1318	578
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.80	43.50
Architecture	no data	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	MCP79MX	GP108B
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	14 October 2008 (16 years ago)	20 February 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	384
Core clock speed	450 MHz	937 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1038 MHz
Number of transistors	282 Million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	24.91
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.7972 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	24

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	no data	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	no data	2 GB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	48.06 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

no data

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10.0	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.7 (6.4)
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9400M (G) / ION (LE) 0.31

GeForce MX250 6.25
+1916%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9400M (G) / ION (LE) 607

GeForce MX250 16488
+2616%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

1−2

−2100%

22
+2100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−600%

14
+600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −533%	19 +533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −800%	18 +800%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −450%	11 +450%
Hitman 3	4−5 −300%	16 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1375%	118 +1375%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −775%	35 +775%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −171%	76 +171%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −700%	24 +700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −750%	17 +750%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −300%	16 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1338%	115 +1338%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −450%	22 +450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −122%	20−22 +122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −154%	71 +154%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −133%	7 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −500%	12 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −225%	12−14 +225%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −100%	16 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −300%	16 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −33.3%	12 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −82.1%	50−55 +82.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	3−4
Hitman 3	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−450%

10−12
+450%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−250%

7−8
+250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	13 +0%	13 +0%
Battlefield 5	21 +0%	21 +0%
Far Cry 5	22 +0%	22 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	27 +0%	27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	46 +0%	46 +0%
Metro Exodus	25 +0%	25 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	28 +0%	28 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Battlefield 5	17 +0%	17 +0%
Far Cry 5	19 +0%	19 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	17 +0%	17 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	43 +0%	43 +0%
Metro Exodus	19 +0%	19 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16 +0%	16 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry 5	13 +0%	13 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16 +0%	16 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how 9400M (G) / ION (LE) and GeForce MX250 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX250 is 2100% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX250 is 1375% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GeForce MX250 is ahead in 29 tests (42%)
there's a draw in 40 tests (58%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.31	6.25
Recency	14 October 2008	20 February 2019
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	10 Watt

GeForce MX250 has a 1916.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX250 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.