GeForce GTS 360M vs Radeon R9 270X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon R9 270X, 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 GeForce GTS 360M stacks up against Radeon R9 270X, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTS 360M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTS 360M 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 GeForce GTS 360M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTS 360M Radeon R9 270X
Power consumption (TDP) 38 Watt 180 Watt
Interface MXM-II PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2 x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 270X has 373% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 360M.
  • GeForce GTS 360M is connected by MXM-II, and Radeon R9 270X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 270X has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 360M.
  • GeForce GTS 360M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 270X - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTS 360M is build with GT2xx architecture, and Radeon R9 270X - with GCN.
  • GeForce GTS 360M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 270X - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 24−27
ultra / 1080p 14−16
QHD / 1440p 0−1 10−11
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 1−2 45−50
medium / 1080p 0−1 30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4600% more, than GeForce GTS 360M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 360M Radeon R9 270X
Architecture GT2xx GCN
Code name N11E-GS1 Curacao XT
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 January 2010 8 October 2013
Pipelines 96 1280
Core clock speed 1436 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 727 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.60 84.00
Floating-point performance 275.71 gflops 2,688 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.1 5.1
OpenGL 2.1 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 96
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI + +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 318 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 30 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 163 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
Gigaflops 413
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management 8.0
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