Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon R7 360

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 360. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 360. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon R7 360
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R7 360 has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 360 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 360 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 360 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 360 is 988 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 16−18
ultra / 1080p 5−6 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 20−22 30−35
medium / 1080p 10−12 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 360 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 81% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon R7 360
Architecture Maxwell GCN 2.0
Code name Surface Book Tobago
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 October 2015 18 June 2015
Pipelines 384 768
Core clock speed 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 50.40
Floating-point performance 1,613 gflops
Length 165 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.3
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan +
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.2 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 225 Mh/s
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.29 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 10 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 102 Sol/s
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