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    GeForce GTS 360M vs Radeon HD 8790M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 8790M. 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 GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 8790M. 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.
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    GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 8790M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 8790M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce GTS 360M or Radeon HD 8790M here:

    GeForce GTS 360M Laptops
    Radeon HD 8790M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTS 360M Radeon HD 8790M
    Power consumption (TDP) 38 Watt
    Interface MXM-II MXM-A (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTS 360M is connected by MXM-II, and Radeon HD 8790M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
    • Radeon HD 8790M has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 360M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTS 360M is build with GT2xx architecture, and Radeon HD 8790M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 360M is 586 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8790M.
    • GeForce GTS 360M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8790M - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
    ultra / 1080p − 1−2
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 1−2 14−16
    medium / 1080p 0−1 6−7
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8790M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce GTS 360M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTS 360M Radeon HD 8790M
    Architecture GT2xx GCN
    Code name N11E-GS1 Mars XTX
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 January 2010 16 November 2012
    Pipelines 96 384
    Core clock speed 1436 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz
    Transistor count 727 million 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 17.60 21.60
    Floating-point performance 275.71 gflops 691.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB/s 64 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_1) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 4.1 5.1
    OpenGL 2.1 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 96
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 80 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
    Gigaflops 413
    MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
    Power management 8.0
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