NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 900 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
15x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 8 July 2011
Core clock speed	1152 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

7.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 33.1 GTexel / s
5.8x more pipelines: 2x 1120 vs 384
3.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 1,059 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 2100 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 33.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1120 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 1,059 gflops
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 2100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.807

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP108	Barts
Launch date	12 March 2018	8 July 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$520
Place in performance rating	1625	1622
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	2x 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	2x 1120
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	304 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR5