NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon HD 8310E

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 8310E 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 Radeon HD 8310E

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2437 vs 341
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 187

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2017 vs 23 April 2013
Core clock speed	1228 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2437 vs 341
PassMark - G2D Mark	442 vs 187

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8310E

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 30 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 30 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8310E

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2437

341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

442

187

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon HD 8310E
PassMark - G3D Mark	2437	341
PassMark - G2D Mark	442	187
Geekbench - OpenCL	9832
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 Radeon HD 8310E
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	N17P-G1	Kalindi
Launch date	17 May 2017	23 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$69.99
Place in performance rating	887	890
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	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count		1,178 million
Video outputs and ports
G-SYNC support
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX	12_1	12.0 (12_0)
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		IGP