Radeon 780M vs R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

Place in the ranking	775	306
Place by popularity	not in top-100	48
Power efficiency	no data	83.78
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Kaveri Spectre	Hawx Point
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	14 January 2014 (11 years ago)	6 December 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	512	768
Core clock speed	720 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2700 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	129.6
Floating-point processing power	no data	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	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	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	no data	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	no data	System Shared
Memory bus width	no data	System Shared
Memory clock speed	no data	System Shared
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 data

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.1
Vulkan	-	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.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 3.05

Radeon 780M 18.28
+499%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 2302

Radeon 780M 12785
+455%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 1616

Radeon 780M 7987
+394%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 10341

Radeon 780M 48112
+365%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 91999

Radeon 780M 429810
+367%

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	18 −100%	36 +100%
1440p	3−4 −533%	19 +533%
4K	2−3 −550%	13 +550%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −256%	32 +256%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −457%	39 +457%
Elden Ring	7−8 −429%	37 +429%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −638%	55−60 +638%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −256%	32 +256%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −114%	15 +114%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −364%	65 +364%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −633%	44 +633%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −291%	40−45 +291%
Valorant	4−5 −1750%	70−75 +1750%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −638%	55−60 +638%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −178%	25 +178%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −71.4%	12 +71.4%
Dota 2	16 −81.3%	29 +81.3%
Elden Ring	7−8 −500%	42 +500%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −88.2%	32 +88.2%
Fortnite	16−18 −476%	95−100 +476%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −286%	54 +286%
Grand Theft Auto V	9 −400%	45 +400%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −433%	32 +433%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −350%	120−130 +350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −291%	40−45 +291%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 −470%	55−60 +470%
Valorant	4−5 −1750%	70−75 +1750%
World of Tanks	50−55 −307%	220−230 +307%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −638%	55−60 +638%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −144%	22 +144%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −71.4%	12 +71.4%
Dota 2	26 −150%	65−70 +150%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −271%	60−65 +271%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −229%	46 +229%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −350%	120−130 +350%
Valorant	4−5 −1750%	70−75 +1750%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	1−2 −1700%	18 +1700%
Elden Ring	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 −850%	19 +850%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −655%	160−170 +655%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −700%	16−18 +700%
World of Tanks	21−24 −495%	120−130 +495%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −1133%	35−40 +1133%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +100%	16 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −586%	45−50 +586%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1500%	32 +1500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −233%	20 +233%
Valorant	10−11 −370%	45−50 +370%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −31.3%	21 +31.3%
Elden Ring	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −40%	21 +40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −511%	55−60 +511%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −31.3%	21 +31.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Dota 2	16−18 −93.8%	30−35 +93.8%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −667%	21−24 +667%
Fortnite	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −1600%	17 +1600%
Valorant	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Metro Exodus

40−45

+0%

40−45

+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2

14−16

+0%

14−16

+0%

This is how R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:

Radeon 780M is 100% faster in 1080p
Radeon 780M is 533% faster in 1440p
Radeon 780M is 550% faster in 4K

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

in Counter-Strike 2, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is 100% faster.
in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 780M is 1750% faster.

All in all, in popular games: