AMD Radeon HD 8180 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8180 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8180

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8180

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3055 vs 1274

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 13 April 2011
Pipelines	128 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	3055 vs 1274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

7.2x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 225 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 312 vs 139
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 35
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 903 vs 875
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 903 vs 875
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1455 vs 1239
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1455 vs 1239

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 225 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	312 vs 139
PassMark - G2D Mark	135 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	903 vs 875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	903 vs 875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1455 vs 1239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1455 vs 1239

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8180
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

139

312

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3055

1274

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

875

903

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

875

903

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1239

1455

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1239

1455

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8180	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
PassMark - G3D Mark	139	312
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	135
Geekbench - OpenCL	3055	1274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	875	903
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	875	903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1239	1455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1239	1455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		76.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		545

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8180	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Temash	GF119
Launch date	23 May 2013	13 April 2011
Place in performance rating	1596	1598
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		7.58
Technical info
Core clock speed	225 MHz	1620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	48
CUDA cores		48
Floating-point performance		155.52 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		102 °C
Texture fill rate		6.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		29 Watt
Transistor count		292 million
API support
DirectX	11.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.2
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type		DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
Technologies
CUDA