MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC vs GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC and GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
• GPU Chip
  Navi 24 GP108-300-A1
• Execution units
  16 3
• Shader
  1024 384
• Render Output Units
  32 16
• Texture Units
  64 24

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  4 GB 2 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2.25 GHz 1.502 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  144 GB/s 48 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  64 bit 64 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC and GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.200 GHz 1.227 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.825 GHz 1.506 GHz+ 3 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.685 GHz+ 3 % 1.468 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  107 W 30 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  110 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin --

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC and GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 80 mm 1 x 50 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

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

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_1
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  172 mm 150 mm
• Height
  112 mm 70 mm
• Width
  42 mm 15 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 1 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  452 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G and MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 4 PCIe 3.0 x 4
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2017
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  6 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  -- GV-N1030D5-2GL
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet