Radeon R7 360 896SP vs R8 M445DX
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 943 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | Meso | Tobago |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 May 2016 (9 years ago) | 18 June 2015 (10 years ago) |
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 | 320 | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1021 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,550 million | 2,080 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 85 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 20.42 | 61.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6534 TFLOPS | 1.971 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 20 | 56 |
| L1 Cache | 80 KB | 224 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 183 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 96 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 May 2016 | 18 June 2015 |
R8 M445DX has an age advantage of 10 months.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R8 M445DX and Radeon R7 360 896SP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R8 M445DX is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R7 360 896SP is a desktop one.
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