Radeon RX 560 XT vs GeForce MX250

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking628not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency43.29no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGP108BEllesmere
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date20 February 2019 (6 years ago)13 March 2019 (6 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 cores3841792
Core clock speed937 MHz973 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1073 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate24.91120.2
Floating-point processing power0.7972 TFLOPS3.846 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs24112

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1650 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s211.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.31.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

GeForce MX250 9313
RX 560 XT 31387
+237%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GeForce MX250 9178
RX 560 XT 37467
+308%

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 150 Watt

GeForce MX250 has 1400% lower power consumption.

RX 560 XT, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX250 and Radeon RX 560 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX250 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 560 XT is a desktop one.

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