NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs AMD Radeon HD 8180

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon HD 8180 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

AMD Radeon HD 8180

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 225 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 192 vs 128
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 631 vs 135
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 208 vs 37

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2014 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed	797 MHz vs 225 MHz
Pipelines	192 vs 128
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	631 vs 135
PassMark - G2D Mark	208 vs 37

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8180

Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3055 vs 2224
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 875 vs 280
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1239 vs 519
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 875 vs 280
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1239 vs 519

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	3055 vs 2224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	875 vs 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1239 vs 519
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	875 vs 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1239 vs 519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8180

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

631

135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2224

3055

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

280

875

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

1239

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

280

875

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

1239

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720	AMD Radeon HD 8180
PassMark - G3D Mark	631	135
PassMark - G2D Mark	208	37
Geekbench - OpenCL	2224	3055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	142.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	17.317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	280	875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	519	1239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	280	875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	519	1239
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720	AMD Radeon HD 8180
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN
Code name	GK208B	Temash
Launch date	29 September 2014	23 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$49
Place in performance rating	1590	1593
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	15.44
Technical info
Core clock speed	797 MHz	225 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	192	128
Texture fill rate	12.75 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.1
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		1
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA