NVIDIA started GeForce MX250 sales 20 February 2019. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Pascal architecture and made with 14 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 7 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 48.06 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. Power consumption is at 10/25 Watt.

Primary Details

Some basic facts about GeForce MX250: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	543
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	2.37
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	N17S-G2
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	20 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$1165	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

GeForce MX250's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce MX250's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	1518 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	1,800 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	10/25 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	24.91	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce MX250's 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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce MX250. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API Compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce MX250, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2
CUDA	6.1

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce MX250. 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.

GeForce MX250 6.26

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GeForce MX250 2424

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%

GeForce MX250 16488

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%

GeForce MX250 4633

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GeForce MX250 3660

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GeForce MX250 21545

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GeForce MX250 9092

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GeForce MX250 235421

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GeForce MX250 8977

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GeForce MX250 9734

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GeForce MX250 44

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce MX250 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	19
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	13
Battlefield 5	24
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	23
Cyberpunk 2077	11
Far Cry 5	19
Far Cry New Dawn	21
Forza Horizon 4	31
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	13
Red Dead Redemption 2	14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	13
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8
Battlefield 5	19
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11
Far Cry 5	17
Far Cry New Dawn	18
Forza Horizon 4	24
Hitman 3	7
Horizon Zero Dawn	6
Metro Exodus	7
Red Dead Redemption 2	8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	11
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8
Battlefield 5	14
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11
Far Cry 5	16
Far Cry New Dawn	17
Forza Horizon 4	16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10

1440p
High Preset

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

1440p
Ultra Preset

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

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

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

Relative performance

Overall GeForce MX250 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

GeForce GTX 560M SLI 103.04

GeForce GTX 480M SLI 102.88

GeForce MX330 101.12

GeForce MX250 100

Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 99.52

GeForce GTX 485M 97.28

Radeon RX 550X Mobile 97.12

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce MX250 is Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.