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    GeForce MX250 vs Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce MX250 and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, 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 Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce MX250 and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce MX250 and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 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 Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 here:

    GeForce MX250 Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce MX250 Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 110 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 1000% more power consumption, than GeForce MX250.
    • GeForce MX250 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x4, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 508 GB more memory, than GeForce MX250.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce MX250 is build with Pascal architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - with RV6xx.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce MX250 is 858 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
    • GeForce MX250 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX250 is 6150 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 12−14 6−7
    ultra / 1080p 7−8 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
    low / 720p 27−30 16−18
    medium / 1080p 16−18 8−9
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce MX250 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 77% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Full Specs

      GeForce MX250 Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Architecture Pascal RV6xx
    Code name N17S-G2 M88-XT CF
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 20 February 2019 1 September 2008
    Pipelines 384 640
    Core clock speed 1518 MHz 660 MHz
    Boost Clock 1582 MHz
    Transistor count 1,800 million 666 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 24.91 10.56
    Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 850 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB/s 54.4 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 4.1
    OpenGL 4.6 3.3
    OpenCL 1.2 N/A
    Vulkan 1.2 N/A
    CUDA 6.1
    Laptop size large large
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