AMD Radeon R7 360 vs AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 360 and AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM 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 R9 255 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
Around 69% better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3140 vs 1392
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 515 vs 379
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4799 vs 3112
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4147 vs 3168
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4799 vs 3112
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4147 vs 3168

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 21 December 2013
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3140 vs 1392
PassMark - G2D Mark	515 vs 379
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4799 vs 3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4147 vs 3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4799 vs 3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4147 vs 3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3346

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
4.4x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1050 MHz
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 40722 vs 16200

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722 vs 16200

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 360
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3140

1392

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

515

379

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16200

40722

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4799

3112

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4147

3168

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4799

3112

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4147

3168

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3346

Name	AMD Radeon R7 360	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	3140	1392
PassMark - G2D Mark	515	379
Geekbench - OpenCL	16200	40722
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	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4147	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4799	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4147	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1402

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 360	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tobago	Cape Verde
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	21 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	601	604
Price now	$146.65
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	29.24
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	512
Stream Processors	768
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	29.76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	1,500 million
Core clock speed		900 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 x16
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x 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	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	73.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)