Radeon R7 360 vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 270X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1400 MHz on this specific model. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 270X		6590 points
Radeon R7 360		4110 points
	Difference: 2480 (60%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 270X		177 Sol/s
Radeon R7 360		98 Sol/s
	Difference: 79 (81%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 270X		18 Mh/s
Radeon R7 360		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 8 (80%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (80%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 270X should theoretically be quite a bit better than the Radeon R7 360 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 75200 (72%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X is quite a bit (more or less 59%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29600 (59%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X is quite a bit (more or less 90%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 360, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15200 (90%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.