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

General info

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

413
Place in performance rating
599
32.73
Value for money (0-100)
22.79
Pascal
Architecture
GCN
GP108
Code name
Oland
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 May 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
1 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$79
Launch price (MSRP)
$89
$167 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
$117 (1.3x MSRP)
no data
Design
reference
13.90
Value for money
1.00
N17P-G1
GPU code name
Oland XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

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

384
Pipelines
384
1228 MHz
Core clock speed
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1468 MHz
Boost Clock
1050 MHz
1,800 million
Transistor count
950 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
30 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
35.23
Texture fill rate
25.20
1,127 gflops
Floating-point performance
716.8 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1670 MHz
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
1,800 million
Number of transistors
950 million
30 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 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 R7 250.

PCIe 3.0 x4
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
145 mm
Length
168 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
N/A
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 R7 250 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1150 MHz
48.06 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

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

1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
+
G-SYNC support
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+
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

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

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

API support

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

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
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 R7 250 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 R7 250 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 R7 250
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 18.5 11.8 9.5
AMD Radeon R7 250
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 92.7 41.6 30.7 18.6 13.7 4.82
AMD Radeon R7 250
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 105.9 35.7 24.2 15.4 8.9
AMD Radeon R7 250
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 38.4 17.6 14.9 14.2
AMD Radeon R7 250
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

6.53% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 75 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 250

Cheaper ($117 (1.3x MSRP) vs $167 (2.1x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (72 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

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

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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 versus AMD Radeon R7 250 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 R7 250