AMD Radeon 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 9735
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3331
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3331
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 vs 9735
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3331

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

  • Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1124 MHz
  • 1000x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 6 Gbps
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 443 vs 251
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2459 vs 1383
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2355
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 2355
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 1726
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 1726
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1670 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 443 vs 251
PassMark - G3D Mark 2459 vs 1383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3629 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629 vs 1726

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
251
443
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1383
2459
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
35524
9735
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
3629
Name AMD Radeon 540 NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark 251 443
PassMark - G3D Mark 1383 2459
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 9735
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1726 3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1726 3629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 170.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 160.823
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1084

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 540 NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture 4th Gen GCN Pascal
Code name Topaz N17P-G1
Design AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 17 May 2017
Place in performance rating 871 872
Type Notebook Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $69.99
Price now $59.99
Value for money (0-100) 63.91

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz 1670 MHz
Compute units 8
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture Units 32
Core clock speed 1228 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Pipelines 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
HDMI
G-SYNC support

API support

DirectX 12 12_1
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6 Gbps 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready