NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 96% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 850 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
• Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2471 vs 1306
• 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9703 vs 4806
• 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 36.898 vs 12.759
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 160.823 vs 80.418
• Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 2181
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2656
• Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 2014
• Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 2181
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 2656
• Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 2014

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

• Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 445
• 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 465.631 vs 170.785
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.576 vs 1.373
• Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.839 vs 18.937
• Around 48% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1607 vs 1083

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2471 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	445 751
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9703 4806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	36.898 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	170.785 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.373 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.937 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	160.823 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 2014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1083 1607

Compare specifications (specs)