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Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce GT 1030

Radeon R9 290 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 GeForce GT 1030 4GHD4 LP OC Gaming Graphics Card - 4GB GDDR4, 2100 MHz, PCI Express 3.0 x16, 64 bit, DP, HDMI

Buy for £68.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 260 minutes ago

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GeForce GT 1030

2 GB GDDR5 | 64-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
MSI GeForce GT 1030 4GHD4 LP OC Gaming Graphics Card - 4GB GDDR4, 2100 MHz, PCI Express 3.0 x16, 64 bit, DP, HDMI

Buy for £68.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 260 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon R9 290 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 R9 290 is 1289 days older than GeForce GT 1030.

Advantages of Radeon R9 290

  • Performs up to 39% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than GeForce GT 1030 - 68 vs 49 FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 - 4 vs 2 GB

Advantages of GeForce GT 1030

  • Consumes up to 89% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 30 vs 275 Watts
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Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


FPS

68

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
GeForce GT 1030

Desktop • May 17th, 2017


FPS

49

72%

Value, £/FPS

£1.41/FPS

100%

Price, £

£68.99

100%

Value Winner

MSI GeForce GT 1030 4GHD4 LP OC Gaming Graphics Card - 4GB GDDR4, 2100 MHz, PCI Express 3.0 x16, 64 bit, DP, HDMI

Buy for £68.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 260 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
GeForce GT 1030

Desktop • May 17th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo
Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
GeForce GT 1030

Desktop • May 17th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

23.49 GPixel/s

39%

Texel Fillrate

35.23 GTexel/s

23%

AMD Radeon R9 290 Logo

Radeon R9 290

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo

GeForce GT 1030

Nov 5th, 2013Release Date
Volcanic IslandsGenerationGeForce 10
$399MSRP
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower ConnectorsNone
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
Memory2 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
512-bitBus64-bit
Bandwidth48.06 GB/s
947 MHzBase Clock Speed
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1468 MHz
1250 MHzMemory Clock Speed

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