NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R7 450 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 10 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 925 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 33% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 1901
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9864 vs 9694
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 36.898 vs 24.788
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 160.823 vs 112.347
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 2809
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 2809
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 30 June 2016
Core clock speed 1228 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433 vs 1901
Geekbench - OpenCL 9864 vs 9694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.898 vs 24.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 160.823 vs 112.347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3629 vs 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629 vs 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 3666

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 442
  • 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 638.196 vs 170.785
  • Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.619 vs 1.373
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 41.414 vs 18.937
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3331
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3331
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 530 vs 442
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 638.196 vs 170.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.619 vs 1.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 41.414 vs 18.937
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3331

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
1901
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
442
530
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9864
9694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.898
24.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
170.785
638.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.373
2.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.937
41.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
160.823
112.347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3629
2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3629
2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3358
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433 1901
PassMark - G2D Mark 442 530
Geekbench - OpenCL 9864 9694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.898 24.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 170.785 638.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.373 2.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.937 41.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 160.823 112.347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3629 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 35

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name N17P-G1 Cape Verde
Launch date 17 May 2017 30 June 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $69.99
Place in performance rating 874 764
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 63.91

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1670 MHz
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 512
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 65 Watt
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 29.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

G-SYNC support
Display Connectors No outputs

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 4500 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 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin