AMD Radeon R9 290X VS NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon R9 290X
nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory384
Cores48.06 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GT 1030
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
GeForce GT 1030
$79 • May 2017
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290X | NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 290 W | 30 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1468 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 48.06 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 384 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 176 | 24 |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 64-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 64 GPixel/s | 23.49 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 48.06 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.632 GFLOPS | 1 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 0.50 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 74 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 1800 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 200 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R9 290X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 290X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 290X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 290X Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
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