GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q vs 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)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP108BGP107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date20 February 2019 (5 years ago)1 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 cores384768
Core clock speed937 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1442 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate24.9169.22
Floating-point processing power0.7972 TFLOPS2.215 TFLOPS
ROPs1624
TMUs2448

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 3.0 x16
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 GB3 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s84.1 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 DependentNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.2.131
CUDA6.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 75 Watt

GeForce MX250 has 650% lower power consumption.

GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX250 and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce MX250
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