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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs Radeon R9 M360

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire 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 6970M Crossfire stacks up against Radeon R9 M360, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon R9 M360

    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire 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 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire here:

    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon R9 M360
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M360 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 M360 - in Desktops.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M360 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M360 is 220 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M360 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M360 is 225 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 8−9
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 7−8 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 40−45 18−20
    medium / 1080p 24−27 9−10
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than Radeon R9 M360.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon R9 M360
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.0
    Code name Blackcomb XT Tropo
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 6 January 2011 5 May 2015
    Pipelines 1920 512
    Core clock speed 680 MHz 900 MHz
    Boost Clock 925 MHz
    Transistor count 2x1700 Million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 29.60
    Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1125 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL Not Listed
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 8
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