AMD Radeon RX 590
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
AMD Radeon RX 590
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 RX 590  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4.

135
Place in performance rating
2870
47.84
Value for money (0-100)
0.27
Polaris
Architecture
Pascal
Polaris 30
Code name
GP108
Desktop
Type
Desktop
15 November 2018 (3 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2018
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$409 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$100
43.37
Value for money
no data
Polaris 30
GPU code name
no data
Desktop
Market segment
no data

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon RX 590  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.

2304
Pipelines
384
1469 MHz
Core clock speed
1152 MHz
1545 MHz
Boost Clock
1379 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
1,800 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
175 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
20 Watt
222.5
Texture fill rate
33.10
no data
Floating-point performance
1,059 gflops
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
1545 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
5,700 million
Number of transistors
no data
175 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4
241 mm
Length
145 mm
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None

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 RX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR4
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
2100 MHz
256.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
16.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon RX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI
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HDMI
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.

+
FreeSync
no data
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon RX 590 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. 

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 590 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 RX 590 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 RX 590 119 73 61 48 37 19
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 132 82.6 75 73.9 52 27
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 287 158 139 96 71.5 39.9
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 303.2 123.2 82.8 57.7 36.8 19.4
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 212 128 111 110 75.3 39.1
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 RX 590

43.78% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 14 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (256.0 GB/s vs 16.8 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Cheaper ($100 vs $409 (1.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (20 Watt vs 175 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon RX 590 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 590 .

AMD Radeon RX 590 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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379940 (100 %)

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User rating

4.3 Out of 273 Hitesti Score
2.9 Out of 35 Hitesti Score