NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 6 June 2012
Core clock speed	1152 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 20 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 20 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	620
PassMark - G3D Mark		112
PassMark - G2D Mark		48
Geekbench - OpenCL		1488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		548
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1187

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP108	Loveland
Launch date	12 March 2018	6 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	1625	1626
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	450 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	IGP
Length	145 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
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz
Memory type	DDR4