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Radeon HD 7870 XT vs GeForce GT 1030

Radeon HD 7870 XT vs GeForce GT 1030: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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GeForce GT 1030

2 GB GDDR5 | 64-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
MSI Gaming GeForce GT 1030 4GHD4 LP OC Low Profile Graphics Card (Boost Clock: 1430 MHz, Memory Speed: 2100 MHz, 4GB DDR4, 64-bit, DP/HDMI)

Buy for CA$166.31 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 180 minutes ago

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GeForce GT 1030

2 GB GDDR5 | 64-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
MSI Gaming GeForce GT 1030 4GHD4 LP OC Low Profile Graphics Card (Boost Clock: 1430 MHz, Memory Speed: 2100 MHz, 4GB DDR4, 64-bit, DP/HDMI)

Buy for CA$166.31 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 180 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon HD 7870 XT outperforms GeForce GT 1030 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7870 XT is 1640 days older than GeForce GT 1030.

Advantages of Radeon HD 7870 XT

  • Performs up to 14% better in Stray than GeForce GT 1030 - 48 vs 42 FPS

Advantages of GeForce GT 1030

  • Consumes up to 84% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 30 vs 185 Watts
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Stray

Stray

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012


FPS

48

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
GeForce GT 1030

Desktop • May 17th, 2017


FPS

42

88%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$3.96/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$166.31

100%

Value Winner

MSI Gaming GeForce GT 1030 4GHD4 LP OC Low Profile Graphics Card (Boost Clock: 1430 MHz, Memory Speed: 2100 MHz, 4GB DDR4, 64-bit, DP/HDMI)

Buy for CA$166.31 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 180 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
GeForce GT 1030

Desktop • May 17th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012


Pixel Fillrate

31.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

93.6 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
GeForce GT 1030

Desktop • May 17th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

23.49 GPixel/s

75%

Texel Fillrate

35.23 GTexel/s

38%

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo

Radeon HD 7870 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo

GeForce GT 1030

Nov 19th, 2012Release Date
May 17th, 2017
Southern IslandsGenerationGeForce 10
$270MSRP
$79
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI
2x 6-pinPower ConnectorsNone
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory2 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus64-bit
192 GB/s
Bandwidth48.06 GB/s
925 MHzBase Clock Speed
1228 MHz
975 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1468 MHz
1500 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1502 MHz

PCs Using Radeon HD 7870 XT or GeForce GT 1030

With selected game settings

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