GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1156 MHz. The HBM2 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1600 MHz on this card. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 224 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 180 Watts (600%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX Vega 56 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 370278 (753%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 is quite a bit (about 540%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 218464 (540%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be much (about 266%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 1030, and able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 53744 (266%)

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 across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.