Radeon R7 265X OEM vs HD 8180

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1279not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.28no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameKalindiCuracao
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateNovember 2013 (11 years ago)12 August 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1281280
Core clock speed225 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data925 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate1.80074.00
Floating-point processing power0.0576 TFLOPS2.368 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs880

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data179.2 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 150 Watt

HD 8180 has 3650% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8180 and Radeon R7 265X OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8180 is a notebook card while Radeon R7 265X OEM is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8180
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