Radeon Instinct MI300X vs GeForce MX250

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking579not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency42.78no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)CDNA 3.0 (2023−2024)
GPU code nameGP108BAqua Vanjaram
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date20 February 2019 (5 years ago)6 December 2023 (1 year 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 cores38419456
Core clock speed937 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz2100 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million153,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt750 Watt
Texture fill rate24.912,554
Floating-point processing power0.7972 TFLOPS81.72 TFLOPS
ROPs16no data
TMUs241216
Tensor Coresno data1216

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno dataOAM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5HBM3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB192 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2525 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s5,171 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)N/A
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 February 2019 6 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 192 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 750 Watt

GeForce MX250 has 7400% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI300X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX250 and Radeon Instinct MI300X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX250 is a notebook card while Radeon Instinct MI300X is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce MX250
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