Radeon RX 7800 XT vs R7 360

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Aggregate performance score

R7 360
2015
2 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
8.00

RX 7800 XT outperforms R7 360 by a whopping 677% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking48426
Place by popularitynot in top-10095
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.5728.45
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)RDNA 3
GPU code nameTobagoNavi 32
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date18 June 2015 (8 years ago)25 August 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 $579
Current price$13.98 (0.1x MSRP)$669 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7800 XT has 1712% better value for money than R7 360.

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 cores7683840
Boost clock speed1000 MHz2430 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt263 Watt
Texture fill rate50.40604.8
Floating-point performance1,613 gflopsno data

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length165 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire1no 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz19500 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s576.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
Eyefinity1no data
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune+no data
TrueAudio+no data
ZeroCore-no data
VCE+no data
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan+1.3
Mantle+no 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.

R7 360 8.00
RX 7800 XT 62.13
+677%

RX 7800 XT outperforms R7 360 by 677% based on our aggregate 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%

R7 360 3093
RX 7800 XT 24019
+677%

RX 7800 XT outperforms R7 360 by 677% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R7 360 4110
RX 7800 XT 49707
+1109%

RX 7800 XT outperforms R7 360 by 1109% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD27−30
−685%
212
+685%
1440p16−18
−688%
126
+688%
4K9−10
−744%
76
+744%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.00 62.13
Recency 18 June 2015 25 August 2023
Cost $109 $579
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 263 Watt

The Radeon RX 7800 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 360 in performance tests.


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