MX250 vs GTX 580M SLI

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Combined performance score

GTX 580M SLI
10.16
+62%

GTX 580M SLI outperforms MX250 by 62% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking406541
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.132.40
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameN12E-GTX2N17S-G2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years old)20 February 2019 (5 years old)
Current price$249 $1165
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 580M SLI has 155% 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 cores768384
Core clock speed620 MHz1518 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1582 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt10/25 Watt
Texture fill rateno data24.91

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 580M 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 sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x4
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz7000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data48.06 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX1112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno data1.2
CUDAno data6.1

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 580M SLI 10.16
+62%
GeForce MX250 6.27

GTX 580M SLI outperforms MX250 by 62% in our combined 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 580M SLI 25022
+51.8%
GeForce MX250 16488

GTX 580M SLI outperforms MX250 by 52% 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 580M SLI 6106
+31.8%
GeForce MX250 4633

GTX 580M SLI outperforms MX250 by 32% 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:

900p68
+70%
40−45
−70%
Full HD89
+287%
23
−287%
1200p81
+80%
45−50
−80%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+14.3%
14
−14.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+10.5%
19
−10.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+23.1%
13
−23.1%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+45.8%
24
−45.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+17.4%
23
−17.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+45.5%
11
−45.5%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+31.6%
19
−31.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+28.6%
21
−28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+16.1%
31
−16.1%
Hitman 3 24−27
+73.3%
14−16
−73.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+61.5%
13
−61.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+21.4%
14
−21.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+22.2%
18
−22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+61.5%
13
−61.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+84.2%
19
−84.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+68.8%
16
−68.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+47.1%
17
−47.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+50%
18
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+50%
24
−50%
Hitman 3 24−27
+271%
7
−271%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+250%
6
−250%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+114%
7
−114%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+113%
8
−113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+100%
11
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+0%
21
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+200%
7
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+150%
14
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+56.3%
16
−56.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+58.8%
17
−58.8%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+125%
16
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+75%
12
−75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Hitman 3 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+143%
7−8
−143%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Hitman 3 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

This is how GTX 580M SLI and GeForce MX250 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 580M SLI is 70% faster than GeForce MX250

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 580M SLI is 287% faster than GeForce MX250

1200p resolution:

  • GTX 580M SLI is 80% faster than GeForce MX250

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 580M SLI is 500% faster than the GeForce MX250.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 580M SLI is ahead in 66 tests (97%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 10.16 6.27
Recency 6 January 2011 20 February 2019
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 10 Watt

The GeForce GTX 580M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce MX250 in performance tests.


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