AMD Radeon R8 M445DX vs AMD Radeon R9 M360

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M445DX and AMD Radeon R9 M360 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

AMD Radeon R9 M360

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1021 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 38% higher pipelines: 704 vs 512
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21666 vs 8083
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2636 vs 1623
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2636 vs 1623

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz vs 925 MHz
Pipelines	704 vs 512
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	21666 vs 8083
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2636 vs 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2636 vs 1623

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M360

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2801 vs 1427
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2801 vs 1427
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 396 vs 181
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1812 vs 797

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2801 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2801 vs 1427
PassMark - G2D Mark	396 vs 181
PassMark - G3D Mark	1812 vs 797
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M360

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

2801

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

2801

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

181

396

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

797

1812

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

21666

8083

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2636

1623

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2636

1623

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3360

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX	AMD Radeon R9 M360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1427	2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1427	2801
PassMark - G2D Mark	181	396
PassMark - G3D Mark	797	1812
Geekbench - OpenCL	21666	8083
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2636	1623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2636	1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		19.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		575.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		34.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		87.811

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX	AMD Radeon R9 M360
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Meso	Tropo
Launch date	15 May 2016	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1000	1002
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	704	512
Transistor count	3,100 million	1,500 million
Compute units		8
Floating-point performance		947.2 gflops
Texture fill rate		29.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Memory bus width	128 + 64 Bit	128 bit
Memory type	DDR4 / DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		72 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1125 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore