GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 590, which comes with a clock speed of 1469 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 145 Watts (483%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 590 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 212992 (433%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 is a lot (more or less 423%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 171056 (423%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 590 is superior to the GeForce GT 1030, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26768 (132%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.