Radeon R7 360 896SP vs Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Radeon R7 360 896SP
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R7 360 896SP
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Mar 2015
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
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Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon R7 360 896SP

65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270 1024SP .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon R9 270 1024SP

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon R7 360 896SPRadeon R9 270 1024SP
GPU NameTobago (Tobago XT)vsPitcairn (Pitcairn PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size160 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors2,080 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders896vs1024
Compute Units14vs16
Core clock1100 MHzvs900 MHz
ROPs16vs32
TMUs56vs64

Memory Configuration

Radeon R7 360 896SPRadeon R9 270 1024SP
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
vs1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R7 360 896SPRadeon R9 270 1024SP
TDP85 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date18 Jun 2015vs13 Mar 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R7 360 896SP
    17.60 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    29.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R7 360 896SP
    61.60 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    59.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R7 360 896SP
    96.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    153.60 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R7 360 896SP
    1971.20 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    1894.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better