Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs GeForce MX250

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking573not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency43.46no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP108Bno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date20 February 2019 (5 years ago)31 October 2023 (1 year 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 cores38440
Core clock speed937 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1038 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate24.91no data
Floating-point processing power0.7972 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs24no data

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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1502 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 February 2019 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 53 Watt

GeForce MX250 has 430% lower power consumption.

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX250 and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce MX250
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