Radeon R7 265 vs Radeon R9 360 OEM

Radeon R7 265
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Feb 2014
Radeon R7 265
Radeon R9 360 OEM
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 5 May 2015
Radeon R9 360 OEM

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon R7 265

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 360 OEM

65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 265 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon R7 265Radeon R9 360 OEM
GPU NamePitcairn (Pitcairn PRO)vsTobago (Tobago PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size212 mm²vs160 mm²
Transistors2,800 millionvs2,080 million
Shaders1024vs768
Compute Units16vs12
Core clock900 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs32vs16
TMUs64vs48

Memory Configuration

Radeon R7 265Radeon R9 360 OEM
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
vs1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R7 265Radeon R9 360 OEM
TDP150 wattsvs85 watts
Release Date13 Feb 2014vs5 May 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R7 265
    29.60 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 360 OEM
    16.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R7 265
    59.20 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 360 OEM
    48.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R7 265
    179.20 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 360 OEM
    104.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R7 265
    1894.40 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 360 OEM
    1536.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better