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.

 

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
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 614 vs 139
  • 5.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 200 vs 35
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 614 vs 139
PassMark - G2D Mark 200 vs 35

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8180

  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3055 vs 2327
  • 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 2327
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
614
139
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
200
35
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2327
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 614 139
PassMark - G2D Mark 200 35
Geekbench - OpenCL 2327 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 1593 1595
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