Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon R7 360

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7850 and Radeon R7 360, 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 7850 stacks up against Radeon R7 360, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 360
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7850 has 125% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 360.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 7850 and Radeon R7 360 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7850 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 360 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Radeon HD 7850 and Radeon R7 360 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7850 is 45 mm longer, than Radeon R7 360.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 360 is 4800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 16−18
ultra / 1080p 10−12 9−10
QHD / 1440p 5−6 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 30−35
medium / 1080p 24−27 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 21% more, than Radeon R7 360.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 360
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Pitcairn Tobago
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 5 March 2012 18 June 2015
Pipelines 1024 768
Boost Clock 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 55.04 50.40
Floating-point performance 1,761 gflops 1,613 gflops
Length 210 mm 165 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 112 GB/s
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.2 kh/s
FreeSync + +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16 PCIe 3.0
HDMI + +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 249 Mh/s 225 Mh/s
Eyefinity + +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire + +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.29 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.5 Mh/s 10 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 102 Sol/s
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