Radeon RX 5800 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)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP108BNavi 23
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date20 February 2019 (5 years ago)no data

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 cores3843072
Core clock speed937 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1735 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt275 Watt
Texture fill rate24.91333.1
Floating-point processing power0.7972 TFLOPS10.66 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs24192

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 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s448.0 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 Dependent1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 275 Watt

GeForce MX250 has 2650% lower power consumption.

RX 5800, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX250 and Radeon RX 5800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX250 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 5800 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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NVIDIA GeForce MX250
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