Radeon R7 A360 vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R7 A360 and Radeon RX 480 mobile, 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 R7 A360 stacks up against Radeon RX 480 mobile, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 480 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 480 mobile 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 RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Radeon R7 A360 Radeon RX 480 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon R7 A360 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 A360.
  • Radeon R7 A360 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Radeon R7 A360 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Radeon R7 A360 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 7997 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A360.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 12−14
ultra / 1080p 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 27−30
medium / 1080p 0−1 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 480 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2700% more, than Radeon R7 A360.

Full Specs

  Radeon R7 A360 Radeon RX 480 mobile
Architecture GCN 3.0 Polaris
Code name Meso Polaris
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 5 May 2015 1 August 2016
Pipelines 384 2304
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Boost Clock 980 MHz 1077 MHz
Transistor count 1,550 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 23.52 155.1
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops 4,963 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3.6 GB/s 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.2 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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