GeForce GTS 360M vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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Aggregate performance score

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
2017
15 Watt
4.50
+166%

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms GeForce GTS 360M by a whopping 166% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking621894
Place by popularity42not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.14
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeN11E-GS1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date26 October 2017 (6 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Current priceno data$230

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores51296
CUDA coresno data96
Core clock speedno data575 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data727 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt38 Watt
Texture fill rateno data17.60
Floating-point performanceno data275.71 gflops
Gigaflopsno data413

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and GeForce GTS 360M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 datalarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataMXM-II
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI optionsno data+
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeno dataDDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno dataUp to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data57.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 dataSingle Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_111.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
CUDAno 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.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 4.50
+166%
GTS 360M 1.69

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms GeForce GTS 360M by 166% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 10294
+86.4%
GTS 360M 5522

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms GeForce GTS 360M by 86% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p45−50
+150%
18
−150%
Full HD19
−5.3%
20
+5.3%
4K11
+175%
4−5
−175%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9
+125%
4−5
−125%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 15
+400%
3−4
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10
+233%
3−4
−233%
Battlefield 5 18 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10
+100%
5−6
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry 5 18
+800%
2−3
−800%
Far Cry New Dawn 18
+350%
4−5
−350%
Forza Horizon 4 26
+420%
5−6
−420%
Hitman 3 9
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27
+80%
14−16
−80%
Metro Exodus 22
+175%
8−9
−175%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16
+433%
3−4
−433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 22
+144%
9−10
−144%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
−8.3%
12−14
+8.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 11
+267%
3−4
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 10−12 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10
+100%
5−6
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 10
+400%
2−3
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 13
+225%
4−5
−225%
Forza Horizon 4 52
+940%
5−6
−940%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+60%
14−16
−60%
Metro Exodus 15
+200%
5−6
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 11
+267%
3−4
−267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
+77.8%
9−10
−77.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
+160%
5−6
−160%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55
+323%
12−14
−323%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7
+40%
5−6
−40%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 7
+250%
2−3
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 23
+360%
5−6
−360%
Horizon Zero Dawn 15
+0%
14−16
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
+60%
5−6
−60%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+61.5%
12−14
−61.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10
+233%
3−4
−233%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Hitman 3 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3
+200%
1−2
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4
+100%
2−3
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 9
+200%
3−4
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and GTS 360M compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 150% faster in 900p
  • GTS 360M is 5% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 175% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 940% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTS 360M is 8% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is ahead in 50 tests (96%)
  • GTS 360M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.50 1.69
Recency 26 October 2017 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 38 Watt

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 360M in performance tests.


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