EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Pascal) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 48 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (RDNA 1) and has 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive has the GP108-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G is based on the graphics chip Navi 14 XTX, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive GPU MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GP108-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 14 XTX
Pascal Architecture RDNA 1
3 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
384 Shader 1408
16 Render Output Units 32
24 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive clocks at 1.502 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.502 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
48 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.290 GHz Base Clock 1.685 GHz
1.544 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.74 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 30 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.

30 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive is equipped with a total of 0 -- main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Passive cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 39 dB

Connectivity

Up to 2 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

2 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
-- DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 4 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

169 mm Length 247 mm
69 mm Height 128 mm
-- Width 47 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 869 g
PCIe 3.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile Passive has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2017.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

02G-P4-6332-KR Part-no --
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2019
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 169 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G
4 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G
4 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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