ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT vs GeForce GT 625M

Place in the ranking	1041	1304
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.66	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GF117	M76
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)	14 May 2007 (17 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 cores	96	120
Core clock speed	Up to 625 MHz	680 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	390 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	10.00	5.440
Floating-point processing power	0.24 TFLOPS	0.1632 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	16	8

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 size	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II

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 type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 14.4 GB/s	24 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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 625M is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GT 625M is ahead in 28 tests (97%)
there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.24	0.33
Recency	1 October 2012	14 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm

GT 625M has a 275.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 625M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.