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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R5 340X 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 36% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1050 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
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 92% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9864 vs 5150
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 1106
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 1841
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 3260
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 1106
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 1841
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 3260
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1228 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1670 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 9864 vs 5150
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3629 vs 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 vs 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629 vs 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 vs 3260

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9864
5150
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3629
1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3260
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3629
1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3260
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433
PassMark - G2D Mark 442
Geekbench - OpenCL 9864 5150
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 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 3260
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 35

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R5 340X 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 1281
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 63.91

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1670 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 65 Watt
Floating-point performance 806.4 gflops
Texture fill rate 25.2 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 1 GB
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None