Radeon RX 5600M vs R9 M360

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M360 with Radeon RX 5600M, including specs and performance data.

R9 M360
2015
4 GB GDDR5
4.71

RX 5600M outperforms R9 M360 by a whopping 379% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking615229
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.0735.21
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code nameTropoNavi 10
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price$1140 $525

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5600M has 50200% better value for money than R9 M360.

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 cores5122304
Compute units8no data
Core clock speed900 MHzno data
Boost clock speed925 MHz1265 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data60 Watt
Texture fill rate29.60182.2
Floating-point performance947.2 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M360 and Radeon RX 5600M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s288.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Eyefinity1no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore+no data
Switchable graphics1no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.0
Vulkanno data1.2
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.

R9 M360 4.71
RX 5600M 22.57
+379%

RX 5600M outperforms R9 M360 by 379% 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%

R9 M360 1820
RX 5600M 8717
+379%

RX 5600M outperforms R9 M360 by 379% in Passmark.

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 HD16−18
−438%
86
+438%
1440p10−12
−450%
55
+450%
4K7−8
−386%
34
+386%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−372%
170−180
+372%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 67
−348%
300−310
+348%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70
−329%
300−310
+329%
Battlefield 5 70−75
−373%
350−400
+373%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 76
−361%
350−400
+361%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−372%
170−180
+372%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−362%
240−250
+362%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
−367%
280−290
+367%
Forza Horizon 4 100−105
−350%
450−500
+350%
Hitman 3 67
−348%
300−310
+348%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150
−367%
700−750
+367%
Metro Exodus 137
−374%
650−700
+374%
Red Dead Redemption 2 76
−361%
350−400
+361%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 75−80
−361%
350−400
+361%
Watch Dogs: Legion 78
−349%
350−400
+349%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60
−367%
280−290
+367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 58
−366%
270−280
+366%
Battlefield 5 70−75
−373%
350−400
+373%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 68
−341%
300−310
+341%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−372%
170−180
+372%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−362%
240−250
+362%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
−367%
280−290
+367%
Forza Horizon 4 100−105
−350%
450−500
+350%
Hitman 3 55
−373%
260−270
+373%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
−349%
400−450
+349%
Metro Exodus 89
−349%
400−450
+349%
Red Dead Redemption 2 68
−341%
300−310
+341%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 75−80
−361%
350−400
+361%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 104
−333%
450−500
+333%
Watch Dogs: Legion 217
−361%
1000−1050
+361%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 49
−369%
230−240
+369%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45
−367%
210−220
+367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50
−360%
230−240
+360%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−372%
170−180
+372%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−362%
240−250
+362%
Forza Horizon 4 100−105
−350%
450−500
+350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 101
−346%
450−500
+346%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 75−80
−361%
350−400
+361%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 64
−369%
300−310
+369%
Watch Dogs: Legion 32
−369%
150−160
+369%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 67
−348%
300−310
+348%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−365%
200−210
+365%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−368%
220−230
+368%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−378%
110−120
+378%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24
−358%
110−120
+358%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
−367%
140−150
+367%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−364%
65−70
+364%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−374%
180−190
+374%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−367%
210−220
+367%
Hitman 3 38
−374%
180−190
+374%
Horizon Zero Dawn 73
−311%
300−310
+311%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−365%
200−210
+365%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−379%
230−240
+379%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−344%
120−130
+344%
Watch Dogs: Legion 26
−362%
120−130
+362%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−374%
180−190
+374%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−355%
100−105
+355%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−371%
80−85
+371%
Hitman 3 20
−375%
95−100
+375%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−362%
120−130
+362%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−367%
70−75
+367%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−358%
110−120
+358%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−362%
60−65
+362%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
−364%
65−70
+364%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−358%
55−60
+358%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−358%
55−60
+358%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%
Horizon Zero Dawn 39
−362%
180−190
+362%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−355%
100−105
+355%
Watch Dogs: Legion 13
−362%
60−65
+362%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 20−22
−375%
95−100
+375%

This is how R9 M360 and RX 5600M compete in popular games:

  • RX 5600M is 438% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5600M is 450% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5600M is 386% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.71 22.57
Recency 5 May 2015 7 January 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm

The Radeon RX 5600M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M360 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M360 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 5600M is a notebook one.


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