Radeon R9 M360 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Super

Aggregate performance score

GTX 1660 Super
2019
6 GB GDDR6, 125 Watt
33.04
+596%

GeForce GTX 1660 Super outperforms Radeon R9 M360 by a whopping 596% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking148612
Place by popularity8not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation28.590.07
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameTuring TU116Tropo
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 October 2019 (4 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data
Current price$277 (1.2x MSRP)$1140

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 Super has 40743% better value for money than R9 M360.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1408512
Compute unitsno data8
Core clock speed1530 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Wattno data
Texture fill rate157.129.60
Floating-point performanceno data947.2 gflops

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 supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s72 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinityno data1
HDMI+no data
HDCP+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data-
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data+
PowerTuneno data+
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
NVENC+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)DirectX® 12
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.2Not Listed
Vulkan1.2.131no data
Mantleno data+
CUDA7.5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GTX 1660 Super 33.04
+596%
R9 M360 4.75

GeForce GTX 1660 Super outperforms Radeon R9 M360 by 596% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1660 Super 12773
+595%
R9 M360 1837

GeForce GTX 1660 Super outperforms Radeon R9 M360 by 595% in Passmark.

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 HD91
+658%
12−14
−658%
1440p53
+657%
7−8
−657%
4K32
+700%
4−5
−700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 76
+660%
10−11
−660%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 88
+633%
12−14
−633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+633%
9−10
−633%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+664%
14−16
−664%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80
+700%
10−11
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 63
+600%
9−10
−600%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+620%
10−11
−620%
Far Cry New Dawn 121
+656%
16−18
−656%
Forza Horizon 4 144
+700%
18−20
−700%
Hitman 3 117
+631%
16−18
−631%
Horizon Zero Dawn 186
+675%
24−27
−675%
Metro Exodus 144
+700%
18−20
−700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80
+700%
10−11
−700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 163
+676%
21−24
−676%
Watch Dogs: Legion 83
+730%
10−11
−730%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 73
+630%
10−11
−630%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+700%
6−7
−700%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+664%
14−16
−664%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 96
+700%
12−14
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 52
+643%
7−8
−643%
Far Cry 5 147
+600%
21−24
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 93
+675%
12−14
−675%
Forza Horizon 4 135
+650%
18−20
−650%
Hitman 3 63
+600%
9−10
−600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 144
+700%
18−20
−700%
Metro Exodus 101
+621%
14−16
−621%
Red Dead Redemption 2 64
+611%
9−10
−611%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 106
+657%
14−16
−657%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 113
+606%
16−18
−606%
Watch Dogs: Legion 71
+610%
10−11
−610%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 51
+629%
7−8
−629%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 44
+633%
6−7
−633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55
+686%
7−8
−686%
Cyberpunk 2077 49
+600%
7−8
−600%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+620%
10−11
−620%
Forza Horizon 4 107
+664%
14−16
−664%
Horizon Zero Dawn 99
+607%
14−16
−607%
Metro Exodus 93
+675%
12−14
−675%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 61
+663%
8−9
−663%
Watch Dogs: Legion 31
+675%
4−5
−675%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 57
+613%
8−9
−613%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+600%
9−10
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 82
+720%
10−11
−720%
Hitman 3 41
+720%
5−6
−720%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27
+800%
3−4
−800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
+700%
5−6
−700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 34
+750%
4−5
−750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 53
+657%
7−8
−657%
Cyberpunk 2077 26
+767%
3−4
−767%
Far Cry 5 65
+622%
9−10
−622%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+600%
12−14
−600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 71
+610%
10−11
−610%
Metro Exodus 67
+644%
9−10
−644%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80
+700%
10−11
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+633%
6−7
−633%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24
+700%
3−4
−700%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 109
+679%
14−16
−679%
Far Cry New Dawn 44
+633%
6−7
−633%
Hitman 3 25
+733%
3−4
−733%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+700%
5−6
−700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
+800%
3−4
−800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40
+700%
5−6
−700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24
+700%
3−4
−700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18
+800%
2−3
−800%
Battlefield 5 36
+620%
5−6
−620%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35
+600%
5−6
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 11
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Forza Horizon 4 54
+671%
7−8
−671%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40
+700%
5−6
−700%
Metro Exodus 35
+600%
5−6
−600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
+1100%
1−2
−1100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 28
+600%
4−5
−600%

This is how GTX 1660 Super and R9 M360 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Super is 658% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 Super is 657% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1660 Super is 700% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.04 4.75
Recency 29 October 2019 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm

The GeForce GTX 1660 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M360 in performance tests.


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