AMD Radeon R7 360 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 360 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 175x more memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 515 vs 487
  • Around 43% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16200 vs 11364
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 38.068 vs 30.505
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 819.203 vs 705.293
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.386 vs 3.085
  • Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 58.285 vs 35.416
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 188.858 vs 62.69
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4799 vs 3581
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4147 vs 3690
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4799 vs 3581
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4147 vs 3690
  • Around 7% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1402 vs 1307
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2015 vs 6 September 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 515 vs 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 16200 vs 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 38.068 vs 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 819.203 vs 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.386 vs 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 58.285 vs 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 188.858 vs 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4799 vs 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4147 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4799 vs 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4147 vs 3690
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1402 vs 1307

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 50.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 960 vs 768
  • Around 23% better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 1,613 gflops
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 3140
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 78.4 billion / sec vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 768
Floating-point performance 1,981 gflops vs 1,613 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4017 vs 3140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3365 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3365 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 360
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3140
4017
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
515
487
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
16200
11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.068
30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
819.203
705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.386
3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
58.285
35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
188.858
62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4799
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4147
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4799
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4147
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1402
1307
Name AMD Radeon R7 360 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark 3140 4017
PassMark - G2D Mark 515 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 16200 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 38.068 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 819.203 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.386 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 58.285 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 188.858 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4799 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4147 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4799 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4147 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1402 1307

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 360 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Kepler
Code name Tobago GK106
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015 6 September 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $109 $229
Place in performance rating 601 740
Price now $146.65 $349.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 29.24 14.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1033 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,613 gflops 1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 960
Stream Processors 768
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s 78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,540 million
Core clock speed 980 MHz
CUDA cores 960

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 165 mm 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin One 6-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA