AMD Radeon RX 560 vs AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 and AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP 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.

AMD Radeon RX 560

AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
1324.7x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Around 14% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 896
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 60-80 Watt vs 85 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 18 June 2015
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 896
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
758.1x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560	AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP
PassMark - G3D Mark	3657
PassMark - G2D Mark	486
Geekbench - OpenCL	57671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	257.062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1774

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560	AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Polaris 21	Tobago
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	513	not rated
Price now	$104.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	54.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200-1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	896
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	61.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	183 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
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	112 GB/s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	6000 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)