Radeon 625 vs HD Graphics (Braswell)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Braswell) and Radeon 625, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics (Braswell)
2015
0.62

625 outperforms HD Graphics (Braswell) by a whopping 358% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1190786
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data4.10
ArchitectureGen. 8 (2015−2016)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameBraswellPolaris 24
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)13 May 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 cores16384
Core clock speed320 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speed700 MHz1024 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data24.58
Floating-point processing powerno data0.7864 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.212 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.3
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

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
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−100%
21−24
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−26.7%
35−40
+26.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−100%
21−24
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−26.7%
35−40
+26.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−100%
21−24
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−26.7%
35−40
+26.7%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 2−3
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 625 is 1600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 625 is ahead in 34 tests (59%)
  • there's a draw in 24 tests (41%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.62 2.84
Recency 1 April 2015 13 May 2019
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

HD Graphics (Braswell) has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Radeon 625, on the other hand, has a 358.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 years.

The Radeon 625 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Braswell) in performance tests.


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