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    Radeon R9 M360 vs Radeon Sky 500

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R9 M360 and Radeon Sky 500, 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 R9 M360 stacks up against Radeon Sky 500, check out specs charts below.
    Radeon R9 M360
    Radeon Sky 500

    Main Specs

      Radeon R9 M360 Radeon Sky 500
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
     
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Radeon R9 M360 and Radeon Sky 500 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • Radeon R9 M360 and Radeon Sky 500 are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 50 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M360.
    • Radeon R9 M360 and Radeon Sky 500 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 3675 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M360.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 18−20 60−65
    medium / 1080p 9−10 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Radeon R9 M360.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R9 M360 Radeon Sky 500
    Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
    Code name Tropo Pitcairn
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 5 May 2015 27 March 2013
    Pipelines 512 1280
    Core clock speed 900 MHz 950 MHz
    Boost Clock 925 MHz
    Transistor count 1,500 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 29.60 76.00
    Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops 2,432 gflops
    Length 242 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 154 GB/s
    DirectX 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.4 4.6
    OpenCL Not Listed 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 8
    Form factor full height / full length
    DisplayPort count 1
    Dual-link DVI support +
     

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