Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon R7 A360

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon R7 A360, 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 5870 stacks up against Radeon R7 A360, check out specs charts below.

• Radeon HD 5870 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 A360 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
• Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon R7 A360 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
• Both cards are used in Desktops.
• Radeon HD 5870 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 A360 - with GCN 3.0.
• Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 125 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A360.
• Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 A360 - by 28 nm process technology.
• Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 4797 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A360.