GeForce MX250 vs Quadro RTX 4000

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking100538
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money27.332.40
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameTU104N17S-G2
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date13 November 2018 (5 years old)20 February 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data
Current price$974 (1.1x MSRP)$1165
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4000 has 1039% better value for money than GeForce MX250.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2304384
Core clock speed1005 MHz1518 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1582 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt10/25 Watt
Texture fill rate222.524.91

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro RTX 4000 and GeForce MX250 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x4
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed13000 MHz7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth416.0 GB/s48.06 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.56.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.

RTX 4000
39.77
+535%

Quadro RTX 4000 outperforms GeForce MX250 by 535% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

RTX 4000 15415
+535%
GeForce MX250 2428

Quadro RTX 4000 outperforms GeForce MX250 by 535% in Passmark.

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%

RTX 4000 85734
+832%
GeForce MX250 9199

Quadro RTX 4000 outperforms GeForce MX250 by 832% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 4000 80774
+800%
GeForce MX250 8977

Quadro RTX 4000 outperforms GeForce MX250 by 800% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

RTX 4000 94250
+868%
GeForce MX250 9734

Quadro RTX 4000 outperforms GeForce MX250 by 868% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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 HD140−150
+509%
23
−509%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 39.77 6.26
Recency 13 November 2018 20 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bus width 256 64
Pipelines / CUDA cores 2304 384
Memory bandwidth 416 48.06
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 10 Watt

The Quadro RTX 4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce MX250 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 is a workstation card while GeForce MX250 is a notebook one.


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