AMD Radeon R7 250X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
AMD Radeon R7 250X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

445
Place in performance rating
413
9.94
Value for money (0-100)
32.73
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Pascal
Cape Verde
Code name
GP108
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 February 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
17 May 2017 (4 years ago)
$99
Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$229 (2.3x MSRP)
Price now
$167 (2.1x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
2.33
Value for money
13.90
Cape Verde
GPU code name
N17P-G1
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
1228 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1468 MHz
1,500 million
Transistor count
1,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
80 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
38.00
Texture fill rate
35.23
1,216 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,127 gflops
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1670 MHz
1,500 million
Number of transistors
1,800 million
80 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
30 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4
210 mm
Length
145 mm
1 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1625 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI
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G-SYNC support
+
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
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CUDA
6.1
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Multi-Projection
+
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R7 250X or NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 31 15 13 10
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 18.5 11.8 9.5
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 92.7 41.6 30.7 18.6 13.7 4.82
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 105.9 35.7 24.2 15.4 8.9
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 38.4 17.6 14.9 14.2
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 250X

More pipelines (640 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (96 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

1.56% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($167 (2.1x MSRP) vs $229 (2.3x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 80 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Radeon R7 250X or NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 .

AMD Radeon R7 250X versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R7 250X
2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030