Radeon R9 290X and GeForce GT 1030 GK107 - video card comparison
Radeon R9 290X
GeForce GT 1030 GK107
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
Hawaii XT
GK107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2013
September 2018
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
947 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
1058 MHz
Floating-point performance
5,632 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
6,200 million
1,270 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
384
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
65 Watt
Texture fill rate
176.0
33.86
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
80 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
+
-
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (11_0)
CUDA
-
3.0
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
2.0
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.3
5.1
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
AppAcceleration
+
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-