GeForce MX250 vs Radeon HD 6850M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce MX250 and Radeon HD 6850M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce MX250 stacks up against Radeon HD 6850M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce MX250 and Radeon HD 6850M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce MX250 and Radeon HD 6850M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce MX250 or Radeon HD 6850M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce MX250 Radeon HD 6850M
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6850M has 400% more power consumption, than GeForce MX250.
  • GeForce MX250 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x4, and Radeon HD 6850M uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce MX250 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce MX250 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 6850M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce MX250 is 943 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • GeForce MX250 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX250 is 6200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 2−3
ultra / 1080p 7−8 0−1
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 12−14
medium / 1080p 16−18 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce MX250 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Full Specs

  GeForce MX250 Radeon HD 6850M
Architecture Pascal Terascale 2
Code name N17S-G2 Granville Pro/LP
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 20 February 2019 6 January 2011
Pipelines 384 800
Core clock speed 1518 MHz 575 / 675 MHz
Boost Clock 1582 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 24.91 27.00
Floating-point performance 1,080.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2 N/A
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large large
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