Radeon 780M vs 630

Place in the ranking	705	298
Place by popularity	not in top-100	47
Power efficiency	5.19	85.04
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Polaris 23	Hawx Point
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	13 May 2019 (5 years ago)	6 December 2023 (less than a 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	512	768
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz	2700 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	38.98	129.6
Floating-point processing power	1.247 TFLOPS	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	32	48
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	112.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.8
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 630 3.72

Radeon 780M 18.30
+392%

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 630 1434

Radeon 780M 7061
+392%

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	7−8 −414%	36 +414%
1440p	4−5 −400%	20 +400%
4K	3−4 −400%	15 +400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−550%

39
+550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −310%	40−45 +310%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −900%	60−65 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −363%	35−40 +363%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −417%	31 +417%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −514%	40−45 +514%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −444%	45−50 +444%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −505%	110−120 +505%
Hitman 3	8−9 −338%	35−40 +338%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −275%	90−95 +275%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −1160%	60−65 +1160%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −513%	45−50 +513%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −362%	60−65 +362%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −118%	85−90 +118%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −310%	40−45 +310%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −900%	60−65 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −363%	35−40 +363%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −300%	24 +300%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −514%	40−45 +514%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −444%	45−50 +444%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −505%	110−120 +505%
Hitman 3	8−9 −338%	35−40 +338%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −275%	90−95 +275%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −1160%	60−65 +1160%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −513%	45−50 +513%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −315%	54 +315%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −180%	40−45 +180%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −118%	85−90 +118%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −310%	40−45 +310%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −363%	35−40 +363%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −283%	23 +283%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −514%	40−45 +514%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −505%	110−120 +505%
Hitman 3	8−9 −338%	35−40 +338%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −121%	53 +121%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −254%	46 +254%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −93.3%	29 +93.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +122%	18 −122%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−513%

45−50
+513%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −483%	35−40 +483%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −460%	27−30 +460%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −533%	18−20 +533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	100−105
Hitman 3	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −363%	35−40 +363%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −900%	20 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −450%	110−120 +450%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−329%

30−33
+329%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
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%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	3−4
Far Cry 5	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −2400%	24−27 +2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%

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%
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

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

This is how Radeon 630 and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:

Radeon 780M is 414% faster in 1080p
Radeon 780M is 400% faster in 1440p
Radeon 780M is 400% 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 630 is 122% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 780M is 2400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Radeon 630 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
Radeon 780M is ahead in 61 test (87%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.72	18.30
Recency	13 May 2019	6 December 2023
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt

Radeon 780M has a 391.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 780M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 630 in performance tests.

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