NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and AMD PlayStation 4 GPU videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Launch date	17 May 2017 vs 24 November 2013
Core clock speed	1228 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

3x more pipelines: 1152 vs 384
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB

Pipelines	1152 vs 384
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	AMD PlayStation 4 GPU
PassMark - G3D Mark	2433
PassMark - G2D Mark	442
Geekbench - OpenCL	9864
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	35

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	AMD PlayStation 4 GPU
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	N17P-G1	Liverpool
Launch date	17 May 2017	24 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$69.99
Place in performance rating	874	not rated
Price now	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	63.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1152
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	75 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,843 gflops
Texture fill rate		57.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
G-SYNC support
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX	12_1	11.1*
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		176.0 GB / s
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		IGP
Supplementary power connectors		None