GeForce MX250 vs Radeon RX 5600M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce MX250 and Radeon RX 5600M, 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 RX 5600M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce MX250 and Radeon RX 5600M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce MX250 and Radeon RX 5600M 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 RX 5600M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce MX250 Radeon RX 5600M
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 5600M has 1400% more power consumption, than GeForce MX250.
  • GeForce MX250 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x4, and Radeon RX 5600M uses PCIe 4.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon RX 5600M has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce MX250.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce MX250 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon RX 5600M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • GeForce MX250 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5600M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5600M is 5000 MHz higher, than GeForce MX250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 35−40
ultra / 1080p 7−8 21−24
QHD / 1440p 2−3 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 27−30 60−65
medium / 1080p 16−18 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5600M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 176% more, than GeForce MX250.

Full Specs

  GeForce MX250 Radeon RX 5600M
Architecture Pascal Navi / RDNA
Code name N17S-G2 Navi 10
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 20 February 2019 7 January 2020
Pipelines 384 2304
Core clock speed 1518 MHz
Boost Clock 1582 MHz 1265 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 24.91 182.2
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.5
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large medium sized
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