Graphics card comparison
Radeon R7 265 vs Radeon R7 360
AMD
Radeon R7 265
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R7 360
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Jun 2015
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon R7 265107%
- Radeon R7 360100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 265
- Around 7% higher average synthetic performance.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 265 .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R7 265
The Radeon R7 265 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon R7 265 | Radeon R7 360 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) | Tobago (Tobago PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | 768 |
| Compute Units | 16 | 12 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 48 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon R7 265 | Radeon R7 360 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 265 | Radeon R7 360 |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 100 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Feb 2014 | 18 Jun 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon R7 26529.60 GP/s
- Radeon R7 36016.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon R7 26559.20 GT/s
- Radeon R7 36050.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon R7 265179.20 GB/s
- Radeon R7 36096.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon R7 2651894.40 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 3601612.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon R7 2656900
- Radeon R7 3606400
Points (higher is better)