NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 255 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 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 900 MHz
• Around 80% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 930 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
• Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 1392
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 379
• Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 3112
• Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 3168
• Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 3112
• Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 3168

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

• Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
• 4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 40722 vs 9864

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2433 1392
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	442 379
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9864 40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3346

Compare specifications (specs)