NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
vs
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) (Pascal) and has 2 GB DDR4 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 17 GB/s.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 8 CU) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 48 GB/s.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has the GP108-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 is based on the graphics chip Baffin LE, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 GPU PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 8 CU)
GP108-310-A1 GPU Chip Baffin LE
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
3 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
384 Shader 512
16 Render Output Units 16
24 Texture Units 32
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 clocks at 1.050 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 2.1 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 is 6.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 2 GB
DDR4 Memory Type GDDR5
1.050 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
2.1 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
17 GB/s Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.152 GHz Base Clock 1.019 GHz
1.379 GHz Boost Clock 1.071 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 20 W.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 50 W.

20 W TDP 50 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is equipped with a total of 0 Axial main fans.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 is 5120x2880 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 4 lanes and requires 1 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

-- Length 152 mm
-- Height 111 mm
-- Width 38 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q1/2018.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 came on the market in Q4/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no AXRX 550 2GB64BD5-DH
Q1/2018 Release date Q4/2017
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $
14 nm Structure size 14 nm
-- 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)

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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