GeForce MX250 vs GTX 560M SLI

Place in performance ranking	537	543
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	4.06	2.38
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	N12E-GS	N17S-G2
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years old)	20 February 2019 (5 years old)
Current price	$149	$1165

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 560M SLI has 71% better value for money than GeForce MX250.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. 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	775 MHz	1518 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1582 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	10/25 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	24.91

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 560M SLI and GeForce MX250 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

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

Memory

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	no data	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	48.06 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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

No outputs

API support

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

DirectX	11	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2
CUDA	no data	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GTX 560M SLI 6.46
+3.2%

GeForce MX250 6.26

GTX 560M SLI outperforms MX250 by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 560M SLI 17484
+6%

GeForce MX250 16488

GTX 560M SLI outperforms MX250 by 6% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 560M SLI 3616

GeForce MX250 4633
+28.1%

MX250 outperforms GTX 560M SLI by 28% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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

21−24

−9.5%

23
+9.5%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−11

−40%

14
+40%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −46.2%	19 +46.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −62.5%	13 +62.5%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −14.3%	24 +14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −21.1%	23 +21.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −10%	11 +10%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −26.7%	19 +26.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −31.3%	21 +31.3%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −40.9%	31 +40.9%
Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	13 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −16.7%	14 +16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −20%	18 +20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +0%	13 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Battlefield 5	21−24 +10.5%	19 −10.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +18.8%	16 −18.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −13.3%	17 +13.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −12.5%	18 +12.5%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −9.1%	24 +9.1%
Hitman 3	14−16 +114%	7 −114%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +117%	6 −117%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +28.6%	7 −28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +50%	8 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +36.4%	11 −36.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −61.5%	21 +61.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +85.7%	7 −85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Battlefield 5	21−24 +50%	14 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −6.7%	16 +6.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −6.3%	17 +6.3%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +37.5%	16 −37.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +8.3%	12 −8.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Hitman 3	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how GTX 560M SLI and GeForce MX250 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

GeForce MX250 is 9.5% faster than GTX 560M SLI

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 560M SLI is 117% faster than the GeForce MX250.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX250 is 62.5% faster than the GTX 560M SLI.

All in all, in popular games: