AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 774x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1219 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
  • 1344.2x better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 460 vs 341
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3032 vs 2016
  • Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14269 vs 9416
  • Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3667 vs 2296
  • Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3667 vs 2296
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 768 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,613 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed 6500 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 460 vs 341
PassMark - G3D Mark 3032 vs 2016
Geekbench - OpenCL 14269 vs 9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3667 vs 2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3667 vs 2296

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
341
460
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2016
3032
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9416
14269
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2296
3667
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2296
3667
Name AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark 341 460
PassMark - G3D Mark 2016 3032
Geekbench - OpenCL 9416 14269
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2296 3667
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2296 3667
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 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4468
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM AMD Radeon R9 360 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Cape Verde Tobago
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 638 641
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 1050 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1219 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,613 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 768
Pixel fill rate 19.50 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s 50.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 85 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 6500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
Enduro
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)