Radeon RX 560 XT vs R9 M360

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking645not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameTropoEllesmere
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)13 March 2019 (5 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 cores5121792
Compute units8no data
Core clock speed900 MHz973 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz1073 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt
Texture fill rate29.60120.2
Floating-point processing power0.9472 TFLOPS3.846 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs32112

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1650 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s211.2 GB/s

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 outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+-
HDMI-+

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 Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 13 March 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

RX 560 XT has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M360 and Radeon RX 560 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M360 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 560 XT is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon R9 M360
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