AMD Radeon R7 360 vs NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 360 and NVIDIA GRID K120Q 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

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
3.7x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 768 vs 192
4.9x better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 130 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
10.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3140 vs 293
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 515 vs 278

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 2 July 2014
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3140 vs 293
PassMark - G2D Mark	515 vs 278

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 360
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K120Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3140

293

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

515

278

Name	AMD Radeon R7 360	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	3140	293
PassMark - G2D Mark	515	278
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1402

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 360	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Tobago	GK107
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	2 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$125
Place in performance rating	601	603
Price now	$146.65
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	29.24
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	192
Stream Processors	768
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	1,270 million
Core clock speed		850 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
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1782 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)