NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
VS
AMD Radeon RX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
VS
AMD Radeon RX 460

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon RX 460. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

413
Place in performance rating
294
32.73
Value for money (0-100)
16.86
Pascal
Architecture
Polaris
GP108
Code name
Baffin
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 May 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
8 August 2016 (5 years ago)
$79
Launch price (MSRP)
$86
$167 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
$201 (2.3x MSRP)
13.90
Value for money
18.14
N17P-G1
GPU code name
Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon RX 460 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
896
1228 MHz
Core clock speed
1090 MHz
1468 MHz
Boost Clock
1200 MHz
1,800 million
Transistor count
3,000 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
30 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
35.23
Texture fill rate
67.20
1,127 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,150 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
1670 MHz
Boost clock speed
1200 MHz
1,800 million
Number of transistors
3,000 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 RX 460.

PCIe 3.0 x4
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
145 mm
Length
170 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None

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 RX 460 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
48.06 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 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 RX 460, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon RX 460 is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
6.1
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
no data
FreeSync
+
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon RX 460. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon RX 460 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 RX 460 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 RX 460
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 18.5 11.8 9.5
AMD Radeon RX 460
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 92.7 41.6 30.7 18.6 13.7 4.82
AMD Radeon RX 460
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 105.9 35.7 24.2 15.4 8.9
AMD Radeon RX 460 148 51.4 36.6 21.5 14.2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 38.4 17.6 14.9 14.2
AMD Radeon RX 460
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

Cheaper ($167 (2.1x MSRP) vs $201 (2.3x MSRP))

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 75 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 460

6.63% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (896 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (112.0 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or AMD Radeon RX 460?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 460 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 versus AMD Radeon RX 460 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 RX 460