Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon R7 A360

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 A360. 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 A360. 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 A360
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 A360 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 A360 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 A360 - with GCN 3.0.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 229 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A360.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 A360 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 5009 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A360.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 0−1
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 1−2
medium / 1080p 10−12 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2000% more, than Radeon R7 A360.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon R7 A360
Architecture Maxwell GCN 3.0
Code name Surface Book Meso
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 October 2015 5 May 2015
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 954 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 980 MHz
Transistor count 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 23.52
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 3.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.0
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2
CUDA +
Optimus +
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