Radeon Steam Deck 8CU vs GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	485
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	RDNA 2 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	GP108	RDNA 2 Sephiroth
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2018 (8 years ago)	9 November 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

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 cores	384	512
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	1,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	33.10	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.059 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	24	no data
L1 Cache	144 KB	512 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	1 MB

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).

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

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	no data
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

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

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 March 2018	9 November 2023
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm