GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs Radeon RX 540 OEM

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGP108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 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 cores512384
Core clock speed1219 MHz1152 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1379 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate39.0133.10
Floating-point processing powerno data1.059 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3224
L1 Cacheno data144 KB
L2 Cacheno data512 KB

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x4
Lengthno data145 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s16.8 GB/s

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 data1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12.012 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 April 2017 12 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 20 Watt

RX 540 OEM has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 1030 DDR4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 225% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 540 OEM and GeForce GT 1030 DDR4. We've got no test results to judge.

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AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
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