Graphics card comparison
Radeon R7 260 vs Radeon R7 360
AMD
Radeon R7 260
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 17 Dec 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 360
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Jun 2015
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 260
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 360
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon R7 260 | Radeon R7 360 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Bonaire (Bonaire PRO) | Tobago (Tobago PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,080 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 768 |
| Compute Units | 12 | 12 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 48 | 48 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon R7 260 | Radeon R7 360 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 260 | Radeon R7 360 |
|---|
| TDP | 95 watts | 100 watts |
| Release Date | 17 Dec 2013 | 18 Jun 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon R7 26016.00 GP/s
- Radeon R7 36016.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon R7 26048.00 GT/s
- Radeon R7 36050.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon R7 26096.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 36096.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon R7 2601536.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 3601612.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better