Radeon R5 340X OEM vs GeForce GT 1030

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking576not rated
Place by popularity36not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.31no data
Power efficiency14.56no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGP108Oland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 May 2017 (7 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384384
Core clock speed1228 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1468 MHz1050 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate35.2321.60
Floating-point processing power1.127 TFLOPS0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs2424

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s16 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 May 2017 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 65 Watt

GT 1030 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 116.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 1030 and Radeon R5 340X OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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