AMD Radeon 760M

AMD Radeon 760M

AMD Radeon 760M: The Perfect Choice for Budget Gamers and Mobile Tasks?

April 2025


Architecture and Key Features

RDNA 4: Efficiency and Innovations

The AMD Radeon 760M is based on RDNA 4 architecture, which is an evolution of the previous generation. The main focus is on improving energy efficiency and supporting new technologies. The card is manufactured using TSMC's 4nm process, which has reduced heat output and increased transistor density by 15% compared to RDNA 3.

Unique Features

- FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 4.0: The upscaling algorithm has been improved – it now supports dynamic sharpening and reduces motion artifacts. In games like Cyberpunk 2077, FSR 4.0 provides up to a 40% FPS increase at 1440p resolution.

- Hybrid Ray Tracing: AMD has implemented a hybrid approach to ray tracing, where part of the calculations is offloaded to multi-core Ryzen 8000 series CPUs. This reduces the load on the GPU, although the results are still modest compared to NVIDIA's RTX 40-series.

- Smart Access Storage: A technology that optimizes texture streaming, speeding up level loading in open-world games (for example, Starfield 2).


Memory: Speed and Volume

GDDR6 and 8 GB – Is it Enough for 2025?

The Radeon 760M uses GDDR6 memory with a 128-bit bus and 8 GB capacity. The bandwidth is 256 GB/s, which is 10% higher than its predecessor (Radeon 660M). This is sufficient for 1080p gaming, but at 1440p with ultra settings in projects like Horizon Forbidden West, there may be stutters due to insufficient VRAM.

Tip: For comfortable gaming at 1440p, it is recommended to activate FSR 4.0 in "Balanced" mode – this will reduce memory consumption by 20-25%.


Gaming Performance

1080p – The Ideal Format

In tests conducted in April 2025, the Radeon 760M shows the following results (Ultra settings, no FSR):

- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IV – 85 FPS;

- The Elder Scrolls VI – 65 FPS;

- Apex Legends – 110 FPS.

1440p and 4K: Compromises Required

At 1440p resolution, the average FPS in AAA games drops to 45-55, but with FSR 4.0 in "Performance" mode, the numbers rise to 70-80. At 4K, the card can only handle indie projects (Hollow Knight: Silksong) or older games.

Ray Tracing: Not a Key Advantage

When activating RT in Cyberpunk 2077 (1080p, medium settings), FPS drops to 35-40. Hybrid Ray Tracing helps, but for stable gameplay, it’s better to disable RT or use FSR.


Professional Tasks

Video Editing and 3D Rendering

Thanks to the support for OpenCL 3.0 and ROCm 5.5, the Radeon 760M manages video editing in DaVinci Resolve and rendering in Blender. Rendering a scene in Blender Cycles (1920x1080) takes about 12 minutes – that’s twice as slow as the NVIDIA RTX 4060.

Scientific Calculations

The card is limited for machine learning: ROCm does not support all frameworks, and 8 GB of memory is the minimum amount for handling small datasets.


Power Consumption and Thermal Output

TDP 90W: Saving on the Power Supply

The Radeon 760M has a TDP of 90W, making it one of the most energy-efficient models in its class. A power supply of 450-500W is sufficient for a build with this card (with some headroom for a Ryzen 5 8600 CPU).

Cooling: Silence or Power?

Cases with 2-3 fans are recommended (for example, NZXT H510 Flow). The card's stock cooling system (two fans) keeps the temperature under load at 72-75°C.


Comparison with Competitors

NVIDIA RTX 4050 Mobile: A Battle of Technologies

- NVIDIA Advantages: DLSS 3.5, better ray tracing performance.

- AMD Advantages: Cheaper ($300 vs. $350), lower power consumption.

Intel Arc A580: Budget Alternative

The Intel card offers 12 GB of GDDR6 for $280 but falls short in driver optimization. In Starfield 2, the Arc A580 lags behind the Radeon 760M by 15-20% FPS.


Practical Tips

- Power Supply: Don't skimp on certifications. The Corsair CX550 (80+ Bronze, $65) is suitable.

- Compatibility: The card requires PCIe 4.0 x8. Ensure your motherboard supports the standard.

- Drivers: Use Adrenalin Edition 2025.4 – it fixes bugs with Hybrid Ray Tracing in Unreal Engine 5.3.


Pros and Cons

✅ Advantages:

- Great price ($300);

- Support for FSR 4.0 and energy efficiency;

- Good performance at 1080p.

❌ Disadvantages:

- Only 8 GB VRAM;

- Weak performance in ray tracing;

- Limited ROCm support.


Final Conclusion: Who Is the Radeon 760M For?

This graphics card is an ideal choice for:

1. Budget Gamers playing at 1080p and willing to enable FSR for more demanding projects.

2. Owners of compact PCs who value low power consumption.

3. Students and freelancers working with video editing and 3D graphics at a beginner level.

If you are not chasing ultra settings and ray tracing, the Radeon 760M offers the best price-to-performance ratio in 2025.

Basic

Label Name
AMD
Platform
Integrated
Launch Date
January 2023
Model Name
Radeon 760M
Generation
Navi III IGP
Base Clock
1500MHz
Boost Clock
2800MHz
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
Transistors
25,390 million
RT Cores
6
Compute Units
8
TMUs
?
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) serve as components of the GPU, which are capable of rotating, scaling, and distorting binary images, and then placing them as textures onto any plane of a given 3D model. This process is called texture mapping.
24
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
4 nm
Architecture
RDNA 3.0

Memory Specifications

Memory Size
System Shared
Memory Type
System Shared
Memory Bus
?
The memory bus width refers to the number of bits of data that the video memory can transfer within a single clock cycle. The larger the bus width, the greater the amount of data that can be transmitted instantaneously, making it one of the crucial parameters of video memory. The memory bandwidth is calculated as: Memory Bandwidth = Memory Frequency x Memory Bus Width / 8. Therefore, when the memory frequencies are similar, the memory bus width will determine the size of the memory bandwidth.
System Shared
Memory Clock
SystemShared
Bandwidth
?
Memory bandwidth refers to the data transfer rate between the graphics chip and the video memory. It is measured in bytes per second, and the formula to calculate it is: memory bandwidth = working frequency × memory bus width / 8 bits.
System Dependent

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
?
Pixel fill rate refers to the number of pixels a graphics processing unit (GPU) can render per second, measured in MPixels/s (million pixels per second) or GPixels/s (billion pixels per second). It is the most commonly used metric to evaluate the pixel processing performance of a graphics card.
44.80 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
?
Texture fill rate refers to the number of texture map elements (texels) that a GPU can map to pixels in a single second.
67.20 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable. Single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks, while double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy.
8.602 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy, while single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.
268.8 GFLOPS
FP32 (float)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks, while double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.
4.387 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Shading Units
?
The most fundamental processing unit is the Streaming Processor (SP), where specific instructions and tasks are executed. GPUs perform parallel computing, which means multiple SPs work simultaneously to process tasks.
384
L1 Cache
128 KB per Array
L2 Cache
2MB
TDP
15W
Vulkan Version
?
Vulkan is a cross-platform graphics and compute API by Khronos Group, offering high performance and low CPU overhead. It lets developers control the GPU directly, reduces rendering overhead, and supports multi-threading and multi-core processors.
1.3
OpenCL Version
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Power Connectors
None
Shader Model
6.7
ROPs
?
The Raster Operations Pipeline (ROPs) is primarily responsible for handling lighting and reflection calculations in games, as well as managing effects like anti-aliasing (AA), high resolution, smoke, and fire. The more demanding the anti-aliasing and lighting effects in a game, the higher the performance requirements for the ROPs; otherwise, it may result in a sharp drop in frame rate.
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Benchmarks

FP32 (float)
Score
4.387 TFLOPS
3DMark Time Spy
Score
2329
Blender
Score
191.62

Compared to Other GPU

FP32 (float) / TFLOPS
4.579 +4.4%
4.387
4.186 -4.6%
3DMark Time Spy
5182 +122.5%
3906 +67.7%
2755 +18.3%
Blender
1497 +681.2%
194 +1.2%
191.62