NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM 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 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 730 MHz
  • 2.1x more boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4600 MHz
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 935
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 338
  • Around 75% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9864 vs 5635
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 1935
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2380
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 1935
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 2380
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1228 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed 1670 MHz vs 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433 vs 935
PassMark - G2D Mark 442 vs 338
Geekbench - OpenCL 9864 vs 5635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3629 vs 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 2380
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629 vs 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 2380

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3331
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3331
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3331

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
935
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
442
338
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9864
5635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3629
1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
2380
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3629
1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
2380
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3354
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433 935
PassMark - G2D Mark 442 338
Geekbench - OpenCL 9864 5635
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 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 2380
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 2380
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 35

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name N17P-G1 Oland
Launch date 17 May 2017 5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $69.99
Place in performance rating 874 892
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 63.91

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1670 MHz 780 MHz
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 730 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 65 Watt
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 18.72 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

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

API support

DirectX 12_1 12.0 (11_1)
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Memory bandwidth 73.6 GB / s

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None