NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R7 250 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 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• 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
• 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
• 5.2x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1150 MHz
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 1051
• Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 283
• Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9864 vs 7525
• Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 36.898 vs 20.161
• Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 160.823 vs 96.934
• Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 2179
• Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 3170
• Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 2179
• Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 3170

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

• Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 304.279 vs 170.785
• Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.655 vs 1.373
• Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.046 vs 18.937
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3331
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3331

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2433 1051
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	442 283
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9864 7525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	36.898 20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	170.785 304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.373 1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.937 30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	160.823 96.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3356

Compare specifications (specs)