Nvidia GeForce MX250 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce MX250, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce MX250 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
30
17
12
n/a
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
15
17
n/a
n/a
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
13
10
n/a
n/a
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
25
21
13
9
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
82
68
54
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
150
135
102
56
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
96
84
52
24
Avg FPS
1080p High14132
1080p Ultra10109
1440p Ultra-81
4K Ultra-46
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce MX250
995
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spy107812514
Solar Bayn/a54416
Port Royaln/a7379
Fire Strike362329944
Night Raid14668113930
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce MX250
10870
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur27.8 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection13 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.4 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection0.59 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.64 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.12 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching34 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics960.9 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce MX250
2392
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark239759
DirectX 1118 fps179 fps
DirectX 1212 fps85 fps
GPU Compute1005 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce MX250
16.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)90.3 fps799.4 fps
Car Chase84.2 fps702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)74.1 fps560.4 fps
T-Rex311.5 fps3084 fps
ALU 2334.4 fps4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2188.8 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4084604.7
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce MX250
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce MX250
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce MX250
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Image Classification (SP)n/a8642
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a20635
Horizon Detectionn/a26378
Face Detection (HP)n/a39776
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a105983
Text Classification (SP)n/a2995
Machine Translation (HP)n/a4507
Object Detection (SP)n/a10198
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a41078
Style Transfer (SP)n/a190315
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce MX250
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 21, 2009 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Pascal Ada Lovelace
Codename GP108 AD106 (GN21-X6)

GPU

GPU Frequency 1519 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1582 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 384 4608
TMUs 24 144
ROPs 16 48
Execution Units 3 36
Ray Tracing Cores No 36
Tensor Cores No 144
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 512 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 25 Gpix/sec 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 38 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.2 TFLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 25 W 35-140 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 74 mm² 186 mm²
Transistor count 1.8 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 24.32 MTr/mm² 123.12 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1502 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 64 bit 128 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed 6000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 2 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce MX250
48 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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