AMD Radeon HD 8180 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8180 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

AMD Radeon HD 8180

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8180

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 128 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 875 vs 127
6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 875 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines	128 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	875 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	875 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

7.2x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 225 MHz
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 487 vs 139
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 35
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1239
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1239

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 225 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	487 vs 139
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 1239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 1239

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8180
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

139

487

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

875

127

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

875

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1239

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1239

3161

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8180	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	139	487
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	47
Geekbench - OpenCL	3055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	875	127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	875	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1239	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1239	3161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8180	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Tesla
Code name	Temash	G94
Launch date	23 May 2013	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1589	1586
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	225 MHz	1625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	128	64
CUDA cores		64
Floating-point performance		208 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		96 Watt
Transistor count		505 million
API support
DirectX	11.1	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI