AMD Radeon R7 360 vs AMD Radeon HD 8530M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 360 and AMD Radeon HD 8530M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 3x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
  • 3x better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 6.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3140 vs 490
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 515 vs 438
  • Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4147 vs 2455
  • 104.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4147 vs 39.6
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2015 vs 10 January 2014
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,613 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3140 vs 490
PassMark - G2D Mark 515 vs 438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4147 vs 2455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4147 vs 39.6

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8530M

  • Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 360
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8530M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3140
490
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
515
438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4147
2455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4147
39.6
Name AMD Radeon R7 360 AMD Radeon HD 8530M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3140 490
PassMark - G2D Mark 515 438
Geekbench - OpenCL 16200
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 38.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 819.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 58.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 188.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4147 2455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4147 39.6
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1402

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 360 AMD Radeon HD 8530M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tobago Mars
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015 10 January 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Place in performance rating 601 598
Price now $146.65
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 29.24

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,613 gflops 537.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 384
Stream Processors 768
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s 16.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,040 million
Core clock speed 650 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 165 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)