GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs Radeon 625

Place in the ranking	794	238
Place by popularity	not in top-100	44
Power efficiency	3.89	21.63
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Polaris 24	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	13 May 2019 (5 years ago)	11 May 2021 (3 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	384	2048
Core clock speed	730 MHz	712 MHz
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	1057 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.58	67.65
Floating-point processing power	0.7864 TFLOPS	4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	40
TMUs	24	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	192.0 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

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	6.3	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	-	8.6

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 2.84

RTX 3050 Mobile 23.68
+734%

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 1094

RTX 3050 Mobile 9122
+734%

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	10−12 −830%	93 +830%
1440p	5−6 −900%	50 +900%
4K	3−4 −1000%	33 +1000%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−2020%

106
+2020%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −478%	50−55 +478%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −7400%	75 +7400%
Battlefield 5	4−5 −1850%	75−80 +1850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −586%	45−50 +586%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1560%	83 +1560%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −786%	60−65 +786%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −900%	140−150 +900%
Hitman 3	8−9 −488%	45−50 +488%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −400%	110−120 +400%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −2600%	80−85 +2600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −786%	60−65 +786%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −567%	80−85 +567%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −163%	100−105 +163%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −478%	50−55 +478%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −6100%	62 +6100%
Battlefield 5	4−5 −1850%	75−80 +1850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −586%	45−50 +586%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1120%	61 +1120%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −786%	60−65 +786%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −900%	140−150 +900%
Hitman 3	8−9 −488%	45−50 +488%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −400%	110−120 +400%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −2600%	80−85 +2600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −786%	60−65 +786%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −925%	123 +925%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −264%	50−55 +264%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −163%	100−105 +163%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −478%	50−55 +478%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −5200%	53 +5200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −586%	45−50 +586%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1120%	61 +1120%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −900%	140−150 +900%
Hitman 3	8−9 −488%	45−50 +488%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −386%	107 +386%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −783%	106 +783%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −364%	65 +364%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −86.8%	71 +86.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−786%

60−65
+786%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −800%	35−40 +800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2900%	30 +2900%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Hitman 3	8−9 −250%	27−30 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −1014%	78 +1014%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −694%	130−140 +694%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−550%

35−40
+550%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2300%	24 +2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	30−35
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	19

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−425%

21−24
+425%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40 +0%	40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	69 +0%	69 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	78 +0%	78 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	34 +0%	34 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44 +0%	44 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	12 +0%	12 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45 +0%	45 +0%

This is how Radeon 625 and RTX 3050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 Mobile is 830% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 Mobile is 900% faster in 1440p
RTX 3050 Mobile is 1000% faster in 4K

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

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3050 Mobile is 7400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3050 Mobile is ahead in 60 tests (86%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.84	23.68
Recency	13 May 2019	11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt

Radeon 625 has 50% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 733.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 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.