NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs AMD Radeon R7 M260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and AMD Radeon R7 M260 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 M260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 940 MHz
Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1379 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 22.56 GTexel / s
Around 47% better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 721.9 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.1x more memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 11 June 2014
Core clock speed	1152 MHz vs 940 MHz
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s vs 22.56 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops vs 721.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260

2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	AMD Radeon R7 M260
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629
PassMark - G3D Mark		517
PassMark - G2D Mark		125
Geekbench - OpenCL		5125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		14.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		145.3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.992
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		77.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1704

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	AMD Radeon R7 M260
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP108	Topaz
Launch date	12 March 2018	11 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$799
Place in performance rating	1476	1479
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Price now		$799
Value for money (0-100)		1.33
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz	980 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	940 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	721.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	22.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	3,100 million
Compute units		6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	32 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore