AMD Radeon R7 360 vs AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 360 and AMD Radeon R9 M270X 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) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • Around 5% better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3138 vs 1204
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 516 vs 306
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4147 vs 3717
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4147 vs 3717
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2015 vs 21 March 2014
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,613 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3138 vs 1204
PassMark - G2D Mark 516 vs 306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4147 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4147 vs 3717

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M270X

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 360
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M270X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3138
1204
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
516
306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4147
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4147
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3361
Name AMD Radeon R7 360 AMD Radeon R9 M270X
PassMark - G3D Mark 3138 1204
PassMark - G2D Mark 516 306
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 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4147 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1402

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 360 AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tobago Venus
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015 21 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Place in performance rating 627 628
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 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 768
Stream Processors 768
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,500 million
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 725 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 PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 165 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 11
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0 Not Listed
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
DualGraphics
HD3D
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore