AMD Radeon RX 560 vs AMD Radeon R7 360

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 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 - 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1200-1275 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 1619x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 60-80 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
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3657 vs 3140
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57671 vs 16200
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 56.81 vs 38.068
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.602 vs 3.386
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.428 vs 58.285
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 257.062 vs 188.858
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6571 vs 4799
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6571 vs 4799
  • Around 27% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1774 vs 1402
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1200-1275 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60-80 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3657 vs 3140
Geekbench - OpenCL 57671 vs 16200
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.81 vs 38.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.602 vs 3.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.428 vs 58.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 257.062 vs 188.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6571 vs 4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6571 vs 4799
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1774 vs 1402

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360

  • 620.4x better floating-point performance: 1,613 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 515 vs 486
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 819.203 vs 775.281
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4147 vs 3688
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4147 vs 3688
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 1,613 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 515 vs 486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 819.203 vs 775.281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4147 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4147 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 360

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3657
3140
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
486
515
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
57671
16200
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
56.81
38.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
775.281
819.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.602
3.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
64.428
58.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
257.062
188.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6571
4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
4147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6571
4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
4147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1774
1402
Name AMD Radeon RX 560 AMD Radeon R7 360
PassMark - G3D Mark 3657 3140
PassMark - G2D Mark 486 515
Geekbench - OpenCL 57671 16200
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.81 38.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 775.281 819.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.602 3.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.428 58.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 257.062 188.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6571 4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 4147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6571 4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 4147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1774 1402

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 560 AMD Radeon R7 360

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Polaris 21 Tobago
Design Radeon RX 500 Series AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $99 $109
Place in performance rating 513 601
Price now $104.99 $146.65
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 54.35 29.24

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200-1275 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 14/16
Core clock speed 1090-1175 MHz
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs 1,613 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 768
Pixel fill rate 20.40 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024 768
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s 50.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60-80 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 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

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm 165 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
Mantle

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 Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
DDMA audio