Intel Iris Xe vs NVIDIA GeForce MX250

Compare Intel Iris Xe vs NVIDIA GeForce MX250, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

974 points

52% significantly better overall score

640 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

24 FPS

10 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

14 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

14 FPS

5 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

10 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

15 FPS

5 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

10 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

10 FPS

2 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

8 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

169 points

1039 points

514% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.90 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

89.74 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

14184 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

10197 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

14105 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

9939 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

11957 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

9326 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

16575 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

9178 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

300 MHz

937 MHz

212% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1100 MHz

5% slightly higher boost clock speed

1038 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W

10 W

49% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

13.2 Gigapixels/s

16.61 Gigapixels/s

25% slightly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

26.4 Gigatexels/s

5% slightly higher texture rate

24.91 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

384

Identical

384

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

Identical

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

33% slightly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

267th of 586

302nd of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 September

2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

Iris Xe vs GeForce MX250 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Iris Xe beats the GeForce MX250 in gaming performance.

The GeForce MX250 has a significantly higher core clock speed. This is the frequency at which the graphics core is running at. While not necessarily an indicator of overall performance, this metric can be useful when comparing two GPUs based on the same architecture. Despite this, the Iris Xe has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the GeForce MX250 has a significantly lower TDP at 10 W when compared to the Iris Xe at 15 W. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Iris Xe over the GeForce MX250.