Radeon R9 270X vs Radeon R9 360 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 95 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 270X
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R9 360 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Curacao (Curacao XT) | vs | Tobago (Tobago PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 768 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R9 360 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R9 360 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 85 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 5 May 2015 |
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
Radeon R9 360 OEM
16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 360 OEM
48.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 360 OEM
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 360 OEM
1536.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better