AMD Radeon 680M vs Nvidia GeForce MX250

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 680M, vs Nvidia GeForce MX250. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 680M and Nvidia GeForce MX250
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
42
23
17
10
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
19
21
10
n/a
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
39
23
20
n/a
30
17
12
n/a
Far Cry 6
33
27
19
9
15
17
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
18
12
9
n/a
13
10
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
27
24
19
10
25
21
13
9
Ghost of Tsushima
19
11
9
n/a
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
19
15
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
25
24
17
n/a
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2714
1080p Ultra2010
1440p Ultra14-
4K Ultra--
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 680M
2194
Nvidia GeForce MX250
995
Time Spy23371078
Solar Bay10075n/a
Port Royal1022n/a
Fire Strike69483623
Night Raid2797014668
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 680M
28675
Nvidia GeForce MX250
10870
Background Blur73.8 frames/s27.8 frames/s
Face Detection30.1 frames/s13 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.93 Gpix/sec0.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.17 Gpix/sec0.59 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.17 Gpix/sec0.64 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.37 Gpix/sec0.12 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching105 Gpix/sec34 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4640 fps960.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 680M
4668
Nvidia GeForce MX250
2392
G2D Mark751239
DirectX 1145 fps18 fps
DirectX 1222 fps12 fps
GPU Compute2163 Ops/s1005 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 680M
27.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce MX250
16.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)142 fps90.3 fps
Car Chasen/a84.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a74.1 fps
T-Rexn/a311.5 fps
ALU 2n/a334.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a188.8 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a408

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced January, 1, 2022 February, 21, 2009
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Pascal
Codename Rembrandt GP108

GPU

GPU Frequency 400 MHz 1519 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2200-2400 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 768 384
TMUs 48 24
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 12 3
Ray Tracing Cores 12 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 512 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 70-77 Gpix/sec 25 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 106-115 GTex/s 38 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.4-3.7 TFLOPS 1.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x4
TGP 15 W 25 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 6 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 208 mm² 74 mm²
Transistor count 13.1 billion 1.8 billion
Transistor density 62.98 MTr/mm² 24.32 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR5
Memory Frequency n/a 1502 MHz
Bus n/a 64 bit
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed n/a 6000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 2 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon 680M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce MX250
48 GB/s

API

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

Results

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