GeForce MX250 vs FirePro W4100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W4100 with GeForce MX250, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W4100
2014
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
3.93

MX250 outperforms W4100 by an impressive 59% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking699579
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.3942.76
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGP108B
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date13 August 2014 (10 years ago)20 February 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores512384
Core clock speed630 MHz937 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1038 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate20.1624.91
Floating-point processing power0.6451 TFLOPS0.7972 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3224

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x4
Length171 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorlow profile / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s48.06 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x mini-DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Dual-link DVI support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W4100 3.93
GeForce MX250 6.24
+58.8%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro W4100 1515
GeForce MX250 2405
+58.7%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

FirePro W4100 1665
GeForce MX250 3660
+120%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

FirePro W4100 12657
GeForce MX250 21545
+70.2%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

FirePro W4100 5483
GeForce MX250 9273
+69.1%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

FirePro W4100 6520
GeForce MX250 9392
+44%

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

FirePro W4100 20
GeForce MX250 44
+117%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD16
−37.5%
22
+37.5%
4K3
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−100%
14
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−72.7%
19
+72.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−333%
13
+333%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−133%
21
+133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−100%
18
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−57.1%
11
+57.1%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−175%
22
+175%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−145%
27
+145%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−100%
46
+100%
Hitman 3 9−10
−77.8%
16
+77.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−337%
118
+337%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−257%
25
+257%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−180%
28
+180%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−133%
35
+133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−76.7%
76
+76.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−118%
24
+118%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−88.9%
17
+88.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−88.9%
17
+88.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−138%
19
+138%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−54.5%
17
+54.5%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−87%
43
+87%
Hitman 3 9−10
−77.8%
16
+77.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−326%
115
+326%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−171%
19
+171%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−60%
16
+60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−46.7%
22
+46.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−25%
20−22
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−65.1%
71
+65.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+57.1%
7
−57.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−33.3%
12
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−62.5%
13
+62.5%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+43.8%
16
−43.8%
Hitman 3 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+68.8%
16
−68.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−6.7%
16
+6.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+33.3%
12
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−18.6%
50−55
+18.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−80%
18
+80%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−400%
20−22
+400%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−66.7%
40−45
+66.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Hitman 3 0−1 2−3
Metro Exodus 0−1 3−4

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how FirePro W4100 and GeForce MX250 compete in popular games:

  • GeForce MX250 is 38% faster in 1080p
  • GeForce MX250 is 33% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the FirePro W4100 is 69% faster.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GeForce MX250 is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • FirePro W4100 is ahead in 4 tests (6%)
  • GeForce MX250 is ahead in 59 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 6 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.93 6.24
Recency 13 August 2014 20 February 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 10 Watt

GeForce MX250 has a 58.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX250 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W4100 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W4100 is a workstation card while GeForce MX250 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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