AMD Radeon RX 550X vs AMD Radeon R7 360

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon R7 360 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 550X

AMD Radeon R7 360

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 1000 MHz
1021.4x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
6.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360

Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
977.6x better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 515 vs 430
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3141 vs 2376
Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16200 vs 8781
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4799 vs 3428
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4799 vs 3428
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4147 vs 3139
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4147 vs 3139

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	768 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,613 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	515 vs 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	3141 vs 2376
Geekbench - OpenCL	16200 vs 8781
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4799 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4799 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4147 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4147 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 360

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

430

515

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2376

3141

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8781

16200

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

4799

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

4799

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

4147

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

4147

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3356

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	AMD Radeon R7 360
PassMark - G2D Mark	430	515
PassMark - G3D Mark	2376	3141
Geekbench - OpenCL	8781	16200
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3428	4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3428	4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139	4147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139	4147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		38.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		819.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		58.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		188.858
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1402

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	AMD Radeon R7 360
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Lexa	Tobago
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	633	630
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$146.65
Value for money (0-100)		29.24
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	1,613 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	768
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640	768
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	50.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)