Nvidia GeForce MX250 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce MX250, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce MX250 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
83
49
39
22
The Witcher 3
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
74
59
41
21
Counter-Strike 2
30
17
12
n/a
125
89
63
27
Far Cry 6
15
17
n/a
n/a
69
60
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
13
10
n/a
n/a
43
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
25
21
13
9
49
41
30
21
Ghost of Tsushima
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
38
28
21
12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
73
66
46
21
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
40
38
20
10
Avg FPS
1080p High1466
1080p Ultra1052
1440p Ultra-36
4K Ultra-19
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce MX250
995
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
5320
Time Spy10785597
Solar Bayn/a17950
Port Royaln/a1507
Fire Strike362314832
Night Raid1466860559
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce MX250
10870
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
67761
Background Blur27.8 frames/s119.1 frames/s
Face Detection13 frames/s64.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.4 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection0.59 Gpix/sec3.28 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.64 Gpix/sec3.37 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.12 Gpix/sec0.88 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching34 Gpix/sec300.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics960.9 fps8599.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce MX250
2392
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
10161
G2D Mark239477
DirectX 1118 fps87 fps
DirectX 1212 fps39 fps
GPU Compute1005 Ops/s3717 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce MX250
16.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
54.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)90.3 fps310 fps
Car Chase84.2 fps289.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)74.1 fps257.9 fps
T-Rex311.5 fps1225.1 fps
ALU 2334.4 fps1359 fps
Driver Overhead 2188.8 fps199 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4081509.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 21, 2009 April, 23, 2019
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Turing
Codename GP108 TU116 (N18E-G0)

GPU

GPU Frequency 1519 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1582 MHz 1590 MHz
Shader Units 384 1536
TMUs 24 96
ROPs 16 48
Execution Units 3 24
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 512 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 25 Gpix/sec 76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 38 GTex/s 153 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.2 TFLOPS 4.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 25 W 80 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 74 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 1.8 billion 6.6 billion
Transistor density 24.32 MTr/mm² 23.24 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1502 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 64 bit 192 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed 6000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 2 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce MX250
48 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
288 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4 1.4
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile the clear winner in this comparison.

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