Radeon R7 360 vs Radeon R9 290X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 290X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1250 MHz on this model. It features 2816 SPUs along with 176 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 290X		10609 points
Radeon R7 360		4110 points
	Difference: 6499 (158%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 290X		369 Sol/s
Radeon R7 360		98 Sol/s
	Difference: 271 (277%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 290X		29 Mh/s
Radeon R7 360		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 19 (190%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
Radeon R9 290X		300 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (200%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R9 290X should be much faster than the Radeon R7 360 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		320000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 216000 (208%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X should be quite a bit (approximately 179%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		140800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 90400 (179%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X will be a lot (more or less 205%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 360, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		51200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 34400 (205%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.