NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and AMD Radeon R7 240 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

AMD Radeon R7 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 77% higher boost clock speed: 1379 MHz vs 780 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	AMD Radeon R7 240
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		902
PassMark - G2D Mark		274
Geekbench - OpenCL		5331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		60.326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	AMD Radeon R7 240
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP108	Oland
Launch date	12 March 2018	8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$69
Place in performance rating	1476	1236
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Price now		$49.99
Value for money (0-100)		24.92
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz	780 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	499.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	1,040 million
Stream Processors		320
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	N / A
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3
Technologies
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync