Radeon HD 7970M vs Radeon R9 M360

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 7970M and Radeon R9 M360. 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 Radeon HD 7970M and Radeon R9 M360. 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.

Radeon HD 7970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7970M 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 7970M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7970M Radeon R9 M360
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 M360 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M360 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970M.
  • Radeon HD 7970M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 M360 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7970M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R9 M360 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M360 is 50 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.
  • Radeon HD 7970M and Radeon R9 M360 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 3675 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M360.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 8−9
ultra / 1080p 10−12 4−5
QHD / 1440p 5−6 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 18−20
medium / 1080p 21−24 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 120% more, than Radeon R9 M360.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7970M Radeon R9 M360
Architecture GCN GCN 1.0
Code name Wimbledon XT Tropo
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 May 2012 5 May 2015
Pipelines 1280 512
Core clock speed 850 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 68.00 29.60
Floating-point performance 2,176 gflops 947.2 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 254 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 8
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