Radeon 540X vs R7 M360

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 M360 and Radeon 540X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 M360
2015
4 GB DDR3
1.49

540X outperforms R7 M360 by a whopping 150% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking979704
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.17
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameMesoLexa
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)5 September 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384512
Compute units6no data
Core clock speed1100 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speed1125 MHz1046 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate27.0033.47
Floating-point processing power0.864 TFLOPS1.071 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2432

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s48 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Eyefinity+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_0)
Shader Model6.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
Mantle+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 M360 1.49
Radeon 540X 3.72
+150%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R7 M360 573
Radeon 540X 1437
+151%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R7 M360 2029
Radeon 540X 4097
+102%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

R7 M360 5544
Radeon 540X 11545
+108%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R7 M360 1146
Radeon 540X 2779
+142%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R7 M360 5746
Radeon 540X 15167
+164%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

R7 M360 410
Radeon 540X 797
+94.4%

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

R7 M360 15
Radeon 540X 30
+95.5%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD11
−72.7%
19
+72.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−125%
9
+125%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−167%
16
+167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−450%
21−24
+450%
Hitman 3 6−7
−83.3%
11
+83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−73.3%
24−27
+73.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−533%
19
+533%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−27.3%
40−45
+27.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−83.3%
10−12
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−450%
21−24
+450%
Hitman 3 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−73.3%
24−27
+73.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−367%
14
+367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−150%
20
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18
+20%
14−16
−20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−27.3%
40−45
+27.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−83.3%
10−12
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−450%
21−24
+450%
Hitman 3 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−73.3%
24−27
+73.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−113%
17
+113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+10%
10
−10%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−27.3%
40−45
+27.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−300%
12
+300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 3−4
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−229%
21−24
+229%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 0−1 2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12
+0%
12
+0%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 23
+0%
23
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 17
+0%
17
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how R7 M360 and Radeon 540X compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 540X is 73% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R7 M360 is 20% faster.
  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 540X is 533% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R7 M360 is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • Radeon 540X is ahead in 47 tests (78%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (18%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.49 3.72
Recency 5 May 2015 5 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

R7 M360 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Radeon 540X, on the other hand, has a 149.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 540X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M360 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon R7 M360
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