Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs Radeon R9 M360

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 4870 X2 and Radeon R9 M360, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon HD 4870 X2 stacks up against Radeon R9 M360, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 4870 X2
Radeon R9 M360

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 4870 X2 Radeon R9 M360
Power consumption (TDP) 286 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
 
  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M360 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M360 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Radeon R9 M360 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M360 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M360 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 X2 is 2475 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M360.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 8−9
ultra / 1080p 1−2 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 18−20
medium / 1080p 6−7 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M360 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 4870 X2 Radeon R9 M360
Architecture TeraScale GCN 1.0
Code name R700 Tropo
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 12 August 2008 5 May 2015
Pipelines 800 512
Core clock speed 700 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.00 29.60
Floating-point performance 2x 1,120.0 gflops 947.2 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 72 GB/s
DirectX 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.1 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 8