NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon HD 6250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 6250 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 89% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 4.8x more pipelines: 384 vs 80
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 25.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 94
  • 14.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 30
  • 7.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9864 vs 1244
  • 10.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 347
  • 8.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 444
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 1005
  • 10.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 347
  • 8.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 444
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 1005
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 31 January 2011
Core clock speed 1228 MHz vs 650 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 80
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433 vs 94
PassMark - G2D Mark 442 vs 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 9864 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3629 vs 347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 vs 1005
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629 vs 347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 vs 1005

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6250

  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 30 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 30 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
94
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
442
30
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9864
1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3629
347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
1005
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3629
347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
1005
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) AMD Radeon HD 6250
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433 94
PassMark - G2D Mark 442 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 9864 1244
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 347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 1005
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629 347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 1005
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 35

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) AMD Radeon HD 6250

Essentials

Architecture Pascal TeraScale 2
Code name N17P-G1 Cedar
Launch date 17 May 2017 31 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $69.99
Place in performance rating 874 1672
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 63.91

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1670 MHz
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 80
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 19 Watt
Floating-point performance 104 gflops
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 292 million

Video outputs and ports

G-SYNC support
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI

API support

DirectX 12_1 11.2 (11_0)
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0 1
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
DirectX 11 DirectX 11

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None