NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon HD 6850. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

413
Place in performance rating
470
32.73
Value for money (0-100)
13.93
Pascal
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GP108
Code name
Barts
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 May 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
21 October 2010 (11 years ago)
$79
Launch price (MSRP)
$179
$167 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
$285 (1.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
13.90
Value for money
1.19
N17P-G1
GPU code name
Barts
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
960
1228 MHz
Core clock speed
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1468 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,800 million
Transistor count
1,700 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
30 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
127 Watt
35.23
Texture fill rate
37.20
1,127 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,488.0 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
1670 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,800 million
Number of transistors
1,700 million
30 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
127 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon HD 6850.

PCIe 3.0 x4
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
145 mm
Length
198 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
no data
Bus support
AGP

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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
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48.06 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon HD 6850, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon HD 6850. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
5.0
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or AMD Radeon HD 6850 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 31 15 13 10
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 18.5 11.8 9.5
AMD Radeon HD 6850
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 92.7 41.6 30.7 18.6 13.7 4.82
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 105.9 35.7 24.2 15.4 8.9
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 38.4 17.6 14.9 14.2
AMD Radeon HD 6850
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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

2.75% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($167 (2.1x MSRP) vs $285 (1.6x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 127 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850

More pipelines (960 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (128.0 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or AMD Radeon HD 6850?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 versus AMD Radeon HD 6850 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 6850