AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

Compare AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 395.99
$ 129.95
$ 266.04 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

4311 points
520% significantly better overall score
695 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

89 FPS
74 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate
15 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

64 FPS
54 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate
10 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

78 FPS
68 FPS significantly higher City frame rate
10 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

37 FPS
28 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate
8 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

7692 points
607% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score
1087 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

619.96 points
760% significantly higher Blender score
72.05 points
Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

56432 points
1116% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Metal) score
4637 points
Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

57968 points
441% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score
10713 points
Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

48131 points
371% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score
10201 points
Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

80618 points
1638% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Metal) score
4637 points
Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

65528 points
560% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score
9924 points
Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

77765 points
725% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score
9415 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1130 MHz
1228 MHz
8% slightly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1560 MHz
6% slightly higher boost clock speed
1468 MHz

Memory Bus Width

Number of parallel lines to the memory chips

192 Bit
200% significantly larger memory bus width
64 Bit

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer speed between GPU core and memory

336 GB/s
599% significantly higher memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

150 W
30 W
400% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

99.8 Gigapixels/s
324% significantly higher pixel rate
23.49 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

224.64 Gigatexels/s
537% significantly higher texture rate
35.23 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

2304
499% significantly more shading units
384

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

144
499% significantly more texture mapping units
24

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

64
300% significantly more render output processors
16

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

116th of 586
291st of 586

Family

The product line

Radeon RX 5000 Series
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 January
2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR6
GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0
12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6
4.6

Radeon RX 5600 XT vs GeForce GT 1030 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Radeon RX 5600 XT beats the GeForce GT 1030 in gaming performance.

In our comparison, the GeForce GT 1030 has a slightly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. Despite this, the Radeon RX 5600 XT has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the GeForce GT 1030 has a significantly lower TDP at 30 W when compared to the Radeon RX 5600 XT at 150 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Radeon RX 5600 XT over the GeForce GT 1030.

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