Nvidia GeForce MX250 vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce MX250, vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce MX250 and Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
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
22
9
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
12
11
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
30
17
12
n/a
18
12
10
n/a
Far Cry 6
15
17
n/a
n/a
14
11
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
13
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
25
21
13
9
13
11
10
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
13
13
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High1413
1080p Ultra1010
1440p Ultra--
4K Ultra--
DeviationHighHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce MX250
995
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
934
Time Spy10781230
Fire Strike36234196
Night Raid1466814977
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce MX250
10870
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
14240
Background Blur27.8 frames/s31 frames/s
Face Detection13 frames/s23.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.4 Gpix/sec0.61 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection0.59 Gpix/sec0.87 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.64 Gpix/sec0.36 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.12 Gpix/sec0.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching34 Gpix/sec36.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics960.9 fps2493.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce MX250
2392
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
2668
G2D Mark239382
DirectX 1118 fps16 fps
DirectX 1212 fps13 fps
GPU Compute1005 Ops/s1285 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce MX250
16.4 fps
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
26.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)90.3 fps174.8 fps
Car Chase84.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)74.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex311.5 fpsn/a
ALU 2334.4 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2188.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation408n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Intel
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced February, 21, 2009 August, 15, 2020
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Generation 12.1
Codename GP108 Tiger Lake GT2

GPU

GPU Frequency 1519 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1582 MHz 850-1500 MHz
Shader Units 384 640
TMUs 24 40
ROPs 16 20
Execution Units 3 80
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 512 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 25 Gpix/sec 17-30 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 38 GTex/s 34-60 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.2 TFLOPS 1.1-1.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 Ring Bus
TGP 25 W 15 W
Process Samsung Intel
Process tech. 14 nm 10 nm
Transistor Size 74 mm² 146 mm²
Transistor count 1.8 billion n/a
Transistor density 24.32 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1502 MHz n/a
Bus 64 bit n/a
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed 6000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 2 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce MX250
48 GB/s
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4 n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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