AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 R9 360 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3667 vs 971
  • Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 1980
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3667 vs 971
  • Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 1980
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 21 December 2013
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3667 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3667 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 1980

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
  • Around 22% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,613 gflops
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3048 vs 3032
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 508 vs 460
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 896 vs 768
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops vs 1,613 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3048 vs 3032
PassMark - G2D Mark 508 vs 460

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3032
3048
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
460
508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3667
971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3667
971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
1980
Name AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 3032 3048
PassMark - G2D Mark 460 508
Geekbench - OpenCL 14269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 815.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 63.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 171.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4468
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3667 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4468
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3667 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 1980

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Tobago Bonaire
Launch date 5 May 2015 21 December 2013
Place in performance rating 662 664
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,613 gflops 1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 896
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s 61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 85 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 165 mm 183 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 104.0 GB / s 104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6500 MHz 6500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5