GeForce MX250 and A2 - video card comparison
GeForce MX250
A2
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N17S-G2
GA107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
February 2019
November 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1582 MHz
1770 MHz
Core clock speed
1518 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
1,800 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
10/25 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
24.91
70.80
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
12.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
200.1 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.2