Radeon 780M vs 625

Place in the ranking	797	300
Place by popularity	not in top-100	46
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	RDNA 3 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Polaris 24	Phoenix
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 August 2019 (5 years ago)	5 January 2023 (1 year 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	384	768
Core clock speed	no data	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	3000 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	54 Watt (35 - 54 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	24.58	139.2
Floating-point processing power	0.7864 gflops	8.909 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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, GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	no data
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

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Radeon 625 2.79

Radeon 780M 18.32
+557%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Radeon 625 1078

Radeon 780M 7066
+555%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	5−6 −620%	36 +620%
1440p	3−4 −600%	21 +600%
4K	2−3 −650%	15 +650%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−680%

39
+680%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −356%	40−45 +356%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Battlefield 5	4−5 −1400%	60−65 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −429%	35−40 +429%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −520%	31 +520%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −760%	40−45 +760%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −600%	45−50 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −721%	110−120 +721%
Hitman 3	8−9 −338%	35−40 +338%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −309%	90−95 +309%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −2000%	60−65 +2000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −600%	45−50 +600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −129%	85−90 +129%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −356%	40−45 +356%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Battlefield 5	4−5 −1400%	60−65 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −429%	35−40 +429%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −380%	24 +380%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −760%	40−45 +760%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −600%	45−50 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −721%	110−120 +721%
Hitman 3	8−9 −338%	35−40 +338%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −309%	90−95 +309%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −2000%	60−65 +2000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −600%	45−50 +600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −350%	54 +350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −200%	40−45 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −129%	85−90 +129%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −356%	40−45 +356%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −429%	35−40 +429%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −360%	23 +360%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −760%	40−45 +760%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −721%	110−120 +721%
Hitman 3	8−9 −338%	35−40 +338%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −141%	53 +141%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −283%	46 +283%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −107%	29 +107%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +111%	18 −111%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−600%

45−50
+600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −600%	35−40 +600%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −600%	27−30 +600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −850%	18−20 +850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
Hitman 3	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −429%	35−40 +429%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −900%	20 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −547%	110−120 +547%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−400%

30−33
+400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −450%	10−12 +450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	8−9

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−300%

16−18
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32 +0%	32 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	15 +0%	15 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +0%	17 +0%

This is how Radeon 625 and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:

Radeon 780M is 620% faster in 1080p
Radeon 780M is 600% faster in 1440p
Radeon 780M is 650% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 625 is 111% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 780M is 2900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Radeon 625 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
Radeon 780M is ahead in 59 tests (84%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.79	18.32
Recency	12 August 2019	5 January 2023
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	54 Watt

Radeon 625 has 8% lower power consumption.

Radeon 780M, on the other hand, has a 556.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 780M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 625 in performance tests.

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