AMD Radeon R9 M360 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

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Combined performance score

GTX 960A
6.22
+31.2%

GeForce GTX 960A outperforms Radeon R9 M360 by 31% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking544607
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.580.07
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Tropo
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years old)5 May 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$243 $1140
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 960A has 729% better value for money than R9 M360.

Technical specs

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 cores640512
Compute unitsno data8
Core clock speed1029 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate43.4029.60
Floating-point performance1,389 gflops947.2 gflops

Size and 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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
WidthMXM Moduleno data

Memory

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 amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s72 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 outputsNo outputs
Eyefinityno data1

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

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.2Not Listed
Vulkan1.1.126no data
Mantleno data+
CUDA5.0no 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 960A 6.22
+31.2%
R9 M360 4.74

GeForce GTX 960A outperforms Radeon R9 M360 by 31% in our combined 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 960A 2410
+31.3%
R9 M360 1836

GeForce GTX 960A outperforms Radeon R9 M360 by 31% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 6.22 4.74
Recency 13 March 2015 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB

The GeForce GTX 960A is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M360 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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