AMD Radeon R7 A360 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 A360 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A360

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 27 GTexel / s vs 24.8 billion / sec
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • Around 45% better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
  • Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5809 vs 4919
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 30 May 2011
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s vs 24.8 billion / sec
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5809 vs 4919

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3275 vs 1616
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3275 vs 1616
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3341 vs 1704
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3341 vs 1704
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 223
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1263 vs 608
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 725 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3275 vs 1616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3275 vs 1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 vs 1704
PassMark - G2D Mark 262 vs 223
PassMark - G3D Mark 1263 vs 608

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 A360
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5809
4919
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1616
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1616
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1704
3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1704
3341
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
223
262
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
608
1263
Name AMD Radeon R7 A360 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Geekbench - OpenCL 5809 4919
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1616 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1616 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1704 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1704 3341
PassMark - G2D Mark 223 262
PassMark - G3D Mark 608 1263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1857
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 A360 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Opal GF116
Launch date 5 May 2015 30 May 2011
Place in performance rating 1171 1174
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 825 MHz
Core clock speed 725 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s 24.8 billion / sec
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 192
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus