GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs Radeon R9 FURY X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking217not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.89no data
Power efficiency6.30no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameFijiGP108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date24 June 2015 (9 years ago)12 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 $79

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 cores4096384
Compute units64no data
Core clock speedno data1152 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1379 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate268.833.10
Floating-point processing power8.602 TFLOPS1.059 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs25624

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 x4
Length191 mm145 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone
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 typeHigh Bandwidth Memory (HBM)DDR4
High bandwidth memory (HBM)+no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth512 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x 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.

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
Mantle+-
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 June 2015 12 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 20 Watt

R9 FURY X has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 1030 DDR4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 FURY X and GeForce GT 1030 DDR4. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
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