GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs ATI Radeon HD 3450

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1314not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.85no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameRV620GP108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 December 2007 (17 years ago)12 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79

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 cores40384
Core clock speed600 MHz1152 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1379 MHz
Number of transistors181 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate2.40033.10
Floating-point processing power0.048 TFLOPS1.059 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs424

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x4
Lengthno data145 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 typeDDR2DDR4
Maximum RAM amount256 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s16.8 GB/s

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 VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 December 2007 12 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 20 Watt

GT 1030 DDR4 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3450 and GeForce GT 1030 DDR4. We've got no test results to judge.


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