Radeon 625 vs RX 460 1024SP

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	758
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.45
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Baffin	Polaris 24
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	17 January 2017 (7 years ago)	12 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	no data	$68

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	384
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1024 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	76.80	24.58
Floating-point performance	2,458 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 460 1024SP and Radeon 625 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	170 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
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	DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 January 2017	12 August 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt

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