GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs Radeon 520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking928not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.87no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameBanksGP108
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (8 years ago)12 March 2018 (7 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 cores320384
Core clock speed1030 MHz1152 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1379 MHz
Number of transistors690 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate20.6033.10
Floating-point processing power0.6592 TFLOPS1.059 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2024

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 x8PCIe 3.0 x4
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth36 GB/s16.8 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2017 12 March 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 20 Watt

GT 1030 DDR4 has an age advantage of 10 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 520 and GeForce GT 1030 DDR4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 520 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is a desktop one.

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AMD Radeon 520
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