Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce MX250

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce MX250 with Radeon RX 7900 XT, including specs and performance data.

GeForce MX250
2019
2 GB GDDR5, 10 Watt
6.24

RX 7900 XT outperforms MX250 by a whopping 1106% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking58112
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data37.79
Power efficiency43.0517.30
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP108BNavi 31
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date20 February 2019 (5 years ago)3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores3845376
Core clock speed937 MHz1387 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz2394 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate24.91804.4
Floating-point processing power0.7972 TFLOPS51.48 TFLOPS
ROPs16192
TMUs24336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

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
Lengthno data276 mm
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 GB20 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s800.0 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 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)6.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.2
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA6.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 6.24
RX 7900 XT 75.23
+1106%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GeForce MX250 2400
RX 7900 XT 28929
+1105%

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.

GeForce MX250 4633
RX 7900 XT 75896
+1538%

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.

GeForce MX250 16488
RX 7900 XT 142489
+764%

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.

GeForce MX250 3660
RX 7900 XT 63712
+1641%

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.

GeForce MX250 21545
RX 7900 XT 259707
+1105%

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 9294
RX 7900 XT 186399
+1906%

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.

GeForce MX250 235421
RX 7900 XT 737404
+213%

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:

Full HD23
−791%
205
+791%
1440p10−12
−1240%
134
+1240%
4K7−8
−1157%
88
+1157%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.39
1440pno data6.71
4Kno data10.22

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−1164%
170−180
+1164%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
−1593%
237
+1593%
Elden Ring 15
−1433%
230
+1433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 17
−588%
110−120
+588%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−1257%
190
+1257%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
−2020%
106
+2020%
Forza Horizon 4 29
−1900%
580
+1900%
Metro Exodus 21
−676%
163
+676%
Red Dead Redemption 2 28
−393%
130−140
+393%
Valorant 18−20
−2032%
400−450
+2032%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18
−550%
110−120
+550%
Counter-Strike 2 5
−3620%
186
+3620%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−692%
95
+692%
Dota 2 40
−353%
181
+353%
Elden Ring 11
−2573%
290−300
+2573%
Far Cry 5 40
−175%
110
+175%
Fortnite 35−40
−714%
300−350
+714%
Forza Horizon 4 22
−2136%
492
+2136%
Grand Theft Auto V 28
−518%
173
+518%
Metro Exodus 12
−1242%
161
+1242%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 76
−183%
210−220
+183%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8
−1625%
130−140
+1625%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−770%
170−180
+770%
Valorant 14
−2793%
400−450
+2793%
World of Tanks 95−100
−185%
270−280
+185%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 13
−800%
110−120
+800%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−1100%
168
+1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−642%
89
+642%
Dota 2 57
−223%
184
+223%
Far Cry 5 29
−386%
140−150
+386%
Forza Horizon 4 16
−2550%
424
+2550%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
−322%
210−220
+322%
Valorant 18−20
−2032%
400−450
+2032%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 6−7
−2550%
159
+2550%
Elden Ring 8−9
−2488%
200−210
+2488%
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7
−2550%
159
+2550%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
−373%
170−180
+373%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−1760%
90−95
+1760%
World of Tanks 45−50
−1047%
500−550
+1047%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−770%
85−90
+770%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−1278%
124
+1278%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1120%
61
+1120%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−1131%
160−170
+1131%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−2855%
325
+2855%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−1663%
141
+1663%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−2357%
170−180
+2357%
Valorant 16−18
−2056%
300−350
+2056%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
−929%
175
+929%
Elden Ring 3−4
−3633%
110−120
+3633%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−929%
175
+929%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−4250%
87
+4250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−1061%
200−210
+1061%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1500%
60−65
+1500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−929%
175
+929%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1720%
90−95
+1720%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1400%
30
+1400%
Dota 2 16−18
−800%
153
+800%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1400%
100−110
+1400%
Fortnite 6−7
−1500%
95−100
+1500%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−2783%
173
+2783%
Valorant 6−7
−3250%
200−210
+3250%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 50
+0%
50
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

This is how GeForce MX250 and RX 7900 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XT is 791% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XT is 1240% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XT is 1157% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 7900 XT is 4250% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XT is ahead in 61 test (97%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.24 75.23
Recency 20 February 2019 3 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 300 Watt

GeForce MX250 has 2900% lower power consumption.

RX 7900 XT, on the other hand, has a 1105.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce MX250 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce MX250 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7900 XT 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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