GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 580, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular card. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (517%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 580 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 212992 (433%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 should be quite a bit (approximately 347%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 140528 (347%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 580 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19984 (99%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.