NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
VS
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
VS
AMD Radeon RX 480

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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4  vs  AMD Radeon RX 480.

2870
Place in performance rating
153
0.27
Value for money (0-100)
49.01
Pascal
Architecture
Polaris
GP108
Code name
Ellesmere
Desktop
Type
Desktop
12 March 2018
Release date
29 June 2016 (5 years ago)
$79
Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$100
Price now
$480 (2.1x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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GCN generation
4th Gen
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Value for money
23.23
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GPU code name
Polaris 10 Ellesmere
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Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4  vs  AMD Radeon RX 480 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.

384
Pipelines
2304
1152 MHz
Core clock speed
1120 MHz
1379 MHz
Boost Clock
1266 MHz
1,800 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
20 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
33.10
Texture fill rate
182.3
1,059 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,834 gflops
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Compute units
36
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
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Boost clock speed
1266 MHz
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Number of transistors
5,700 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and AMD Radeon RX 480 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x4
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
145 mm
Length
241 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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Bus support
n/a
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Bridgeless CrossFire
1

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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs AMD Radeon RX 480.

DDR4
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2100 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
16.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs AMD Radeon RX 480.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
2.0
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DisplayPort support
1.4HDR

Technologies

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

no data
AppAcceleration
n/a
no data
CrossFire
1
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FRTC
1
no data
FreeSync
+
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HD3D
n/a
no data
LiquidVR
1
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
n/a
no data
ZeroCore
+
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VCE
+
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Enduro
n/a
no data
UVD
+
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and AMD Radeon RX 480 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_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
+
no data
Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
2.0
no data
Mantle
n/a

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and AMD Radeon RX 480 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 or AMD Radeon RX 480 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
AMD Radeon RX 480
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
AMD Radeon RX 480
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
AMD Radeon RX 480
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
AMD Radeon RX 480 104 65.8 51.6 32.3 17.2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
AMD Radeon RX 480
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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Cheaper ($100 vs $480 (2.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (20 Watt vs 150 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

39.2% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (224 GB/s vs 16.8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 or AMD Radeon RX 480?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 480 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 versus AMD Radeon RX 480 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

2.9 Out of 35 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 200 Hitesti Score