AMD Radeon HD 8180 vs NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8180 and NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8180

NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8180

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
8x more pipelines: 128 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1239 vs 1079
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1239 vs 1079

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 17 February 2013
Pipelines	128 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1239 vs 1079
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1239 vs 1079

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

2.7x more core clock speed: 615 MHz vs 225 MHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 144 vs 135
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 62 vs 37

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	615 MHz vs 225 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	144 vs 135
PassMark - G2D Mark	62 vs 37

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8180
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

144

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1239

1079

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1239

1079

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8180	NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	135	144
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	62
Geekbench - OpenCL	3055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1239	1079
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1239	1079

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8180	NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Temash	GT216
Launch date	23 May 2013	17 February 2013
Place in performance rating	1593	1594
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	225 MHz	615 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	16
Floating-point performance		44.86 gflops
Texture fill rate		4.712 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Transistor count		486 million
API support
DirectX	11.1	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None