AMD Radeon HD 8180 vs NVIDIA NVS 310

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8180 and NVIDIA NVS 310 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8180

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 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
  • 3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3055 vs 880
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1239 vs 1229
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1239 vs 1229
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 May 2013 vs 26 June 2012
Pipelines 128 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 3055 vs 880
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1239 vs 1229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1239 vs 1229

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 310

  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 523 MHz vs 225 MHz
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 263 vs 135
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 37
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 918 vs 875
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 918 vs 875
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 523 MHz vs 225 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 263 vs 135
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 vs 37
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 918 vs 875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 918 vs 875

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8180
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 310

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
135
263
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
37
179
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3055
880
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
875
918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
875
918
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1239
1229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1239
1229
Name AMD Radeon HD 8180 NVIDIA NVS 310
PassMark - G3D Mark 135 263
PassMark - G2D Mark 37 179
Geekbench - OpenCL 3055 880
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 875 918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 875 918
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1239 1229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1239 1229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 76.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 7.835
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 431
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 431

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8180 NVIDIA NVS 310

Essentials

Architecture GCN Fermi 2.0
Code name Temash GF119
Launch date 23 May 2013 26 June 2012
Place in performance rating 1593 1596
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $159

Technical info

Core clock speed 225 MHz 523 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 128 48
Floating-point performance 100.4 gflops
Texture fill rate 4.184 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt
Transistor count 292 million

API support

DirectX 11.1 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz
Memory type DDR3

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 156 mm
Supplementary power connectors None