Radeon RX 640 vs GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	592
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	12.61
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	GP108	Polaris 12
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2018 (6 years ago)	12 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data
Current price	$404 (5.1x MSRP)	$193

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	640
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	1218 MHz
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz	1218 MHz
Number of transistors	1,800 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.10	38.98
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and Radeon RX 640 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	DDR4	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB/s	112.0 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

no data

+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	6.1	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 March 2018	12 August 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	50 Watt

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