AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
AMD Radeon R7 360
AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
AMD Radeon R7 360

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

231
Place in performance rating
369
10.96
Value for money (0-100)
27.88
GCN
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Tahiti
Code name
Tobago
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
18 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$109
$330 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$14.88 (0.1x MSRP)
reference
Design
reference
9.36
Value for money
9.25
Thaiti XTL
GPU code name
Tobago
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
768
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
128.0
Texture fill rate
50.40
4,096 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,613 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
165 mm
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
no data
Bridgeless CrossFire
1

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 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
288 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
Eyefinity
1
no data
Number of Eyefinity displays
6
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360 is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
1.2
OpenCL
2.0
-
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360 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 280X or AMD Radeon R7 360 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R7 360
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R7 360
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R7 360
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R7 360
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R7 360
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 280X

12.92% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 768)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (288 GB/s vs 112 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 360

Cheaper ($14.88 (0.1x MSRP) vs $330 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 250 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280X or AMD Radeon R7 360?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 280X .

AMD Radeon R9 280X versus AMD Radeon R7 360 performance benchmarks comparison

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