AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 720A 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).

AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 938 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 768 vs 96
4.5x better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 2000 MHz
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3032 vs 577
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 460 vs 253

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 1 July 2014
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 938 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3032 vs 577
PassMark - G2D Mark	460 vs 253

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 85 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 720A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3032

577

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

460

253

Name	AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
PassMark - G3D Mark	3032	577
PassMark - G2D Mark	460	253
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4468
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Tobago	GF117
Launch date	5 May 2015	1 July 2014
Place in performance rating	641	642
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops	360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	96
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	15.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	104.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3