AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
AMD Radeon R7 A360
AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
AMD Radeon R7 A360

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R7 A360. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

258
Place in performance rating
772
36.84
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Curacao
Code name
Meso
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
2015 (6 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$327 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$2500
reference
Design
no data
6.66
Value for money
0.08
Curacao XT
GPU code name
Opal
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R7 A360 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
725 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
980 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
1,550 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
84.00
Texture fill rate
19.80
2,688 gflops
Floating-point performance
864.0 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
825 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
950 million
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R7 A360.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
2 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R7 A360 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1800 MBps
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R7 A360, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R7 A360 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R7 A360. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R7 A360 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 270X or AMD Radeon R7 A360 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon R7 A360
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon R7 A360
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon R7 A360
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon R7 A360
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon R7 A360
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 270X

19.06% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($327 (1.6x MSRP) vs $2500)

More pipelines (1280 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 28.8 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 A360

There is no accountable advantage

So, AMD Radeon R9 270X or AMD Radeon R7 A360?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 270X .

AMD Radeon R9 270X versus AMD Radeon R7 A360 performance benchmarks comparison

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