GeForce MX250 vs GT 650M Mac Edition

Place in the ranking	967	583
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.43	42.97
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GK107	GP108B
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 July 2012 (12 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	384	384
Core clock speed	900 MHz	937 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1038 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.80	24.91
Floating-point processing power	0.6912 TFLOPS	0.7972 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	32	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	PCIe 3.0 x16	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1254 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.26 GB/s	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 outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7 (6.4)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	3.0	6.1

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

5−6

−360%

23
+360%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 +0%	14 +0%
Elden Ring	15 +0%	15 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	17 +0%	17 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9 +0%	9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 +0%	5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	29 +0%	29 +0%
Metro Exodus	21 +0%	21 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18 +0%	18 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	5 +0%	5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Dota 2	40 +0%	40 +0%
Elden Ring	11 +0%	11 +0%
Far Cry 5	40 +0%	40 +0%
Fortnite	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	22 +0%	22 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	28 +0%	28 +0%
Metro Exodus	12 +0%	12 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	76 +0%	76 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8 +0%	8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Valorant	14 +0%	14 +0%
World of Tanks	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	13 +0%	13 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	4 +0%	4 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Dota 2	57 +0%	57 +0%
Far Cry 5	29 +0%	29 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16 +0%	16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Elden Ring	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
World of Tanks	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Valorant	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Elden Ring	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Fortnite	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

This is how GT 650M Mac Edition and GeForce MX250 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX250 is 360% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 61 test (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.59	6.25
Recency	12 July 2012	20 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	10 Watt

GeForce MX250 has a 293.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 350% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX250 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

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