Arc A780 vs GeForce MX250

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking579not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency42.78no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGP108BDG2-512
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date20 February 2019 (5 years ago)2022 (2 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 cores3844096
Core clock speed937 MHz2200 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz2200 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate24.91563.2
Floating-point processing power0.7972 TFLOPS18.02 TFLOPS
ROPs16128
TMUs24256
Tensor Coresno data512
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1093 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s559.6 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)6.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 200 Watt

GeForce MX250 has 1900% lower power consumption.

Arc A780, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX250 and Arc A780. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX250 is a notebook card while Arc A780 is a desktop one.


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