NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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 67% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1000 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 115 Watt
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 3485
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 3485

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

• 2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3192 vs 2433
• Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 442
• Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 43.745 vs 36.898
• 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 804.436 vs 170.785
• 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.673 vs 1.373
• 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.088 vs 18.937
• Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 221.539 vs 160.823
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3845 vs 3629
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3331
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3845 vs 3629
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3331
• 42.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1481 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2433 3192
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	442 523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	36.898 43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	170.785 804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.373 3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.937 64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	160.823 221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	35 1481

Compare specifications (specs)