Radeon HD 6870 X2 vs Radeon R7 360
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6870 X2 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 360 |
| 200 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6870 X2 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 X2 | | Radeon R7 360 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts XT) | vs | Tobago (Tobago PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1120 | vs | 768 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 X2 | | Radeon R7 360 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6870 X2 | | Radeon R7 360 | |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | vs | 100 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Jul 2011 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
Radeon HD 6870 X2
57.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 360
16.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870 X2
100.80 GT/s
Radeon R7 360
50.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870 X2
268.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 360
96.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870 X2
4032.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 360
1612.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better