AMD Radeon R7 360 vs NVIDIA GeForce 945A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 360 and NVIDIA GeForce 945A 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 GeForce 945A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
Around 79% better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3140 vs 1852
Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 38.068 vs 28.865
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 819.203 vs 381.898
Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.386 vs 1.991
Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 58.285 vs 30.793
Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 188.858 vs 107.63

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3140 vs 1852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	38.068 vs 28.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	819.203 vs 381.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.386 vs 1.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	58.285 vs 30.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	188.858 vs 107.63

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945A

Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 716 vs 515
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 32359 vs 16200

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	716 vs 515
Geekbench - OpenCL	32359 vs 16200

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 360
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 945A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3140

1852

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

515

716

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16200

32359

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

38.068

28.865

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

819.203

381.898

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.386

1.991

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

58.285

30.793

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

188.858

107.63

Name	AMD Radeon R7 360	NVIDIA GeForce 945A
PassMark - G3D Mark	3140	1852
PassMark - G2D Mark	515	716
Geekbench - OpenCL	16200	32359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	38.068	28.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	819.203	381.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.386	1.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	58.285	30.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	188.858	107.63
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 GeForce 945A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Maxwell
Code name	Tobago	GM108
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	601	602
Price now	$146.65
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	29.24
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1176 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops	903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	384
Stream Processors	768
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	28.22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million
Core clock speed		1072 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_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 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)