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    GeForce MX250 vs Radeon HD 8970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce MX250 and Radeon HD 8970M, 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 8970M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce MX250 and Radeon HD 8970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce MX250 and Radeon HD 8970M 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 8970M here:

    GeForce MX250 Laptops
    Radeon HD 8970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce MX250 Radeon HD 8970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 8970M has 900% more power consumption, than GeForce MX250.
    • GeForce MX250 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x4, and Radeon HD 8970M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce MX250 and Radeon HD 8970M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce MX250 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 8970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce MX250 is 668 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8970M.
    • GeForce MX250 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8970M - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX250 is 2200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8970M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 12−14 20−22
    ultra / 1080p 7−8 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 2−3 6−7
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 27−30 35−40
    medium / 1080p 16−18 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 53% more, than GeForce MX250.

    Full Specs

      GeForce MX250 Radeon HD 8970M
    Architecture Pascal GCN
    Code name N17S-G2 Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 20 February 2019 15 May 2013
    Pipelines 384 1280
    Core clock speed 1518 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1582 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 1,800 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 24.91 72.00
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2 1.2.131
    CUDA 6.1
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
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