Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GT 1030 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is a clear winner – it's at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce GT 1030 and it's also a much better value for money, as it's only $85.01 more expensive!

Advantages of the Radeon RX 6500 XT

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A much better value for money for gaming
Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 4 vs 2 GB

Advantages of the GeForce GT 1030

Up to 52% cheaper – $79.98 vs $164.99
Consumes up to 72% less energy – 30 vs 107 Watts

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GT 1030 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$164.99

48%

Value, $/FPS

$2.22/FPS

78%

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)

ME2 MichaelElectronics2 ASRock Phantom Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB GDDR6 Graphic Card, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, 4GB GDDR6, AMD FidelityFX Technology, RDNA 2 Architecture, RX6500XT PGD 4GO

Yeston Radeon Gaming RX 6500 XT 4GB D6 GDDR6 6nm Video Cards Desktop Computer PC Video Graphics Cards Support PCI-Express 4.0 1*DP+1*HDMI Gaming GPU (Double Fans)

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Average FPS

62%

Min 1% FPS

50%

Price, $

$79.98

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.73/FPS

100%

GIGABYTE GV-N1030D4-2GL GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G Computer Graphics Card

Buy on Amazon

$79.98

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

maxsun GEFORCE GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 64-Bit Video Graphics Card GPU PCIe 3.0 DirectX 12 ITX HDCP DVI HDMI SFF Low Profile Ready Fast Performance Than 2GD4

Buy on Amazon

$78.98

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

ZOTAC GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 64-bit PCIe 3.0 DirectX 12 HDCP Ready Low Profile Video Card ZT-P10300A-10L

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$113.11

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 HDMI DVI Graphics Card (GT1030-2G-CSM)

Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

ZER-LON GeForce GT 1030 4G Low Profile Graphics Card, GDDR4 64Bit, HDMI/DVI Ports Support DirectX 12 Computer Gaming Video Card, Desktop GPU, Support 4K

Buy on Amazon

$89.99

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GT 1030 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GT 1030 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4953

100%

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

1087

22%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GT 1030 in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Memory

4 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

143.9 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

5.765 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Memory

2 GB

50%

Memory Bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

33%

Pixel Fillrate

23.49 GPixel/s

26%

Texture Fillrate

35.23 GTexel/s

20%

FP32

1.127 TFLOPS

20%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon RX 6500 XT	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce GT 1030
General
Jan 19th, 2022	Release Date	May 17th, 2017
$199.00	MSRP	$79.00
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 10
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
107 W	Power Consumption	30 W
Memory
4 GB	Memory Size	2 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR5
64-bit	Memory Bus	64-bit
143.9 GB/s	Bandwidth	48.06 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
90.08 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	23.49 GPixel/s
180.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	35.23 GTexel/s
5.765 TFLOPS	FP32	1.127 TFLOPS