AMD Radeon R5 230
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
AMD Radeon R5 230
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R5 230  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4.

1017
Place in performance rating
2870
4.61
Value for money (0-100)
0.27
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Pascal
Caicos
Code name
GP108
Desktop
Type
Desktop
3 April 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2018
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$119
Price now
$100
reference
Design
no data
0.13
Value for money
no data
Caicos
GPU code name
no data
Desktop
Market segment
no data

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R5 230  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

160
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
1152 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1379 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
1,800 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
19 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
20 Watt
5.000
Texture fill rate
33.10
200.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,059 gflops
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
370 million
Number of transistors
no data
19 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4
168 mm
Length
145 mm
N/A
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 1.0 x4
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR4
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
2100 MHz
10.67 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
16.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
-
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
+
​PowerPlay
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 11
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
5.0
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R5 230 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230

1.01% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (19 Watt vs 20 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Cheaper ($100 vs $119)

More pipelines (384 vs 160)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (16.8 GB/s vs 10.67 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R5 230 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R5 230 .

AMD Radeon R5 230 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

2.8 Out of 23 Hitesti Score
2.9 Out of 35 Hitesti Score