AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
AMD Radeon R7 360
AMD Radeon R9 280X
VS
AMD Radeon R7 360

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R9 280X  vs  AMD Radeon R7 360.

231
Place in performance rating
369
10.96
Value for money (0-100)
27.88
GCN
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Tahiti
Code name
Tobago
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
18 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$109
$330 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$14.88 (0.1x MSRP)
reference
Design
reference
9.36
Value for money
9.25
Thaiti XTL
GPU code name
Tobago
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 280X  vs  AMD Radeon R7 360 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2048
Pipelines
768
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
128.0
Texture fill rate
50.40
4,096 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,613 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
165 mm
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
no data
Bridgeless CrossFire
1

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R9 280X vs AMD Radeon R7 360.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
288 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R9 280X vs AMD Radeon R7 360.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
Eyefinity
1
no data
Number of Eyefinity displays
6
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
AppAcceleration
-
1
CrossFire
1
1
FreeSync
1
+
HD3D
-
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
+
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
+
-
ZeroCore
-
no data
VCE
+
+
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
+
UVD
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
1.2
OpenCL
2.0
-
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon R7 360 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 280X or AMD Radeon R7 360 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R7 360
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R7 360
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R7 360
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R7 360
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R7 360
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280X

12.92% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 768)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (288 GB/s vs 112 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 360

Cheaper ($14.88 (0.1x MSRP) vs $330 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 250 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280X or AMD Radeon R7 360?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 280X .

AMD Radeon R9 280X versus AMD Radeon R7 360 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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285376 (100 %)

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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User rating

4.5 Out of 106 Hitesti Score
3.9 Out of 50 Hitesti Score