PG506-242 vs Radeon R7 360

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	577	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.77	no data
Power efficiency	5.71	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	Tobago	GA100
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	18 June 2015 (10 years ago)	12 April 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	3584
Core clock speed	no data	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1440 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	50.40	322.6
Floating-point processing power	1.613 TFLOPS	10.32 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	96
TMUs	48	224
Tensor Cores	no data	224
L1 Cache	192 KB	10.5 MB
L2 Cache	256 KB	24 MB

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 support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	165 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	8-pin EPS
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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 type	GDDR5	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	3072 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	933.1 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	N/A
Shader Model	6.3	N/A
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	N/A
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	8.0
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 June 2015	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	165 Watt

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