Quadro FX 360M vs Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition with Quadro FX 360M, including specs and performance data.
R9 M295X Mac Edition outperforms 360M by a whopping 5781% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 441 | 1449 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.80 | 0.95 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Amethyst | G86 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 23 November 2014 (11 years ago) | 9 May 2007 (19 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 | 2048 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 17 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 108.8 | 3.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.482 TFLOPS | 0.0256 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 128 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 16 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).
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
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 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1362 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 174.3 GB/s | 9.6 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 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
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1−2
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Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
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1−2
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
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3−4
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
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7−8
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| Valorant | 24−27
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24−27
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Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14
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12−14
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
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1−2
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| Dota 2 | 9−10
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9−10
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
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3−4
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
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7−8
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
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5−6
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| Valorant | 24−27
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24−27
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Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
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1−2
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| Dota 2 | 9−10
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9−10
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
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3−4
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
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7−8
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
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5−6
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| Valorant | 24−27
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24−27
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1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
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3−4
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
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2−3
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1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
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1−2
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
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1−2
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4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
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14−16
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| Valorant | 1−2
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1−2
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4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
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1−2
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4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
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2−3
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All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 26 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 12.35 | 0.21 |
| Recency | 23 November 2014 | 9 May 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 17 Watt |
R9 M295X Mac Edition has a 5781% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 186% more advanced lithography process.
FX 360M, on the other hand, has 1371% lower power consumption.
The Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 360M in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while Quadro FX 360M is a mobile workstation one.
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