Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon R7 360
Summary
Radeon R9 290
241%
Radeon R7 360
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
Around 141% higher average synthetic performance. |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R7 360 |
175 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290 . |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 290
The Radeon R9 290 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R7 360 | |
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GPU Name | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) | vs | Tobago (Tobago PRO) |
Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 438 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
Transistors | 6,200 million | vs | 2,080 million |
Shaders | 2560 | vs | 768 |
Compute Units | 40 | vs | 12 |
Core clock | 947 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
ROPs | 64 | vs | 16 |
TMUs | 160 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R7 360 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 512 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R7 360 | |
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TDP | 275 watts | vs | 100 watts |
Release Date | 5 Nov 2013 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 360
16.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 360
50.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 360
96.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 360
1612.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
15440
Radeon R7 360
6400
Points (higher is better)