GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 1030 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GT 1030 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 1030 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI
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  • GeForce GT 1030 has 150% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • GeForce GT 1030 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 1030 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GT 1030 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 3−4
ultra / 1080p 8−9 1−2
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 14−16
medium / 1080p 16−18 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GT 1030 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 1030 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name N17P-G1 Bristol Ridge
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 17 May 2017 1 June 2016
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 1228 MHz
Boost Clock 1670 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 35.23
Floating-point performance 1,127 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB/s
Shared memory - +
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.11 kh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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