AMD Radeon R7 M360 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M360 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M360

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 938 MHz
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 27 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • 3.6x better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 581 vs 450
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 148 vs 119
  • Around 83% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4769 vs 2612
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.911 vs 6.901
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.927 vs 0.587
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 14.763 vs 10.121
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 49.774 vs 22.755
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1384 vs 1047
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2460 vs 2035
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1384 vs 1047
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2460 vs 2035
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
Boost clock speed 1125 MHz vs 938 MHz
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 581 vs 450
PassMark - G2D Mark 148 vs 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 4769 vs 2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.911 vs 6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.927 vs 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.763 vs 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 49.774 vs 22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1384 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2460 vs 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1384 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2460 vs 2035

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 146.913 vs 141.079
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 1280
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 1280
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 146.913 vs 141.079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2570 vs 1280
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2570 vs 1280

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M360
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
581
450
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
148
119
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4769
2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.911
6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
141.079
146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.927
0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.763
10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.774
22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1384
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1280
2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2460
2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1384
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1280
2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2460
2035
Name AMD Radeon R7 M360 NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
PassMark - G3D Mark 581 450
PassMark - G2D Mark 148 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 4769 2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.911 6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 141.079 146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.927 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.763 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 49.774 22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1384 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1280 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2460 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1384 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1280 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2460 2035

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M360 NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Meso GF117
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1436 1438
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1125 MHz 938 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 96
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s 12.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 585 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 2560x1600
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 12 API
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed 1.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus