AMD Radeon R7 360 vs AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 360 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M 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.

AMD Radeon R7 360

AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 775 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
3.1x better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3138 vs 984
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16200 vs 5079
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4799 vs 1579
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4147 vs 1813
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3178
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4799 vs 1579
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4147 vs 1813
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 1 March 2013
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3138 vs 984
Geekbench - OpenCL	16200 vs 5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4799 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4147 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4799 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4147 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3178

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

3.8x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 516

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 516

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 360
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8690M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3138

984

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

516

768

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16200

5079

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4799

1579

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4147

1813

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3178

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4799

1579

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4147

1813

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3178

Name	AMD Radeon R7 360	AMD Radeon HD 8690M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3138	984
PassMark - G2D Mark	516	768
Geekbench - OpenCL	16200	5079
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	1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4147	1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4799	1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4147	1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3178
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1402

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 360	AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tobago	Sun
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	1 March 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	627	629
Price now	$146.65
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	29.24
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops	528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	384
Stream Processors	768
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	16.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	1,040 million
Compute units		6
Core clock speed		775 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
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	11
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)