GeForce GT 1030 GK107 vs Radeon R9 380

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking335not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.02no data
Power efficiency5.81no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameAntiguaGK107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date18 June 2015 (9 years ago)30 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores1792384
Compute units28no data
Core clock speedno data1058 MHz
Boost clock speed970 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,000 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate108.633.86
Floating-point processing power3.476 TFLOPS0.8125 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs11232

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length221 mm147 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / full length / dual slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2 x 6-pin1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed970 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth182.4 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
ZeroCore+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
Mantle+-
CUDA-3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 June 2015 30 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 65 Watt

R9 380 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 1030 GK107, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 192.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 380 and GeForce GT 1030 GK107. We've got no test results to judge.


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