Radeon R7 360 vs Radeon R9 Nano

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 Nano, which features a core clock speed of 1000 MHz and a HBM memory frequency of 500 MHz. It also features a 4096-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 4096 SPUs, 256 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation 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 Nano		14918 points
Radeon R7 360		4110 points
	Difference: 10808 (263%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 Nano		402 Sol/s
Radeon R7 360		98 Sol/s
	Difference: 304 (310%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 Nano		30 Mh/s
Radeon R7 360		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 20 (200%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
Radeon R9 Nano		175 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (75%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 Nano should in theory perform much faster than the Radeon R7 360 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		512000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 408000 (392%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 Nano will be much (more or less 408%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		256000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 205600 (408%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 Nano is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		64000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 47200 (281%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to 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 max fill rate.