KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4
vs
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 and the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) and has 384 texture shaders and 3 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 GPU MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GP108-310-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
3 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
384 Shader 2304
16 Render Output Units 32
24 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type DDR4 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 17 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
DDR4 Memory Type GDDR5
1.050 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
2.1 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
17 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 clocks in the base with up to 1.151 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is 1.257 GHz.

1.151 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.379 GHz Boost Clock 1.366 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 is 30 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

30 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 50 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 is 162 mm long, 121 mm high and 22 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is 269 mm long, 125 mm high and 38 mm wide.

162 mm Length 269 mm
121 mm Height 125 mm
22 mm Width 38 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 was released in Q1/2018 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 229 $.

30NPK4HVS6XK Part-no --
Q1/2018 Release date Q3/2018
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
14 nm Structure size 14 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

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)

KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4
2 GB DDR4
1 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC
4 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4
2 GB DDR4
16 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC
4 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4
2 GB DDR4
21 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC
4 GB GDDR5
85 fps (avg)

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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