GeForce GT 630 vs Radeon R9 255 OEM
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 630 |
Supports PhysX |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 255 OEM |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Mantle |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 255 OEM
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
GeForce GT 630 | Radeon R9 255 OEM | |||
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GPU Name | GF108 (GF108-400-A1) | vs | Cape Verde (Cape Verde PRX) | |
Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm | |
Die Size | 116 mm² | vs | 123 mm² | |
Transistors | 585 million | vs | 1,500 million | |
Shaders | 96 | vs | 512 | |
Compute Units | 2 | vs | 8 | |
Core clock | 810 MHz | vs | 900 MHz | |
ROPs | 4 | vs | 16 | |
TMUs | 16 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
GeForce GT 630 | Radeon R9 255 OEM | |||
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Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 | |
Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit | |
Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
vs | 1150 MHz
4600 MHz effective |
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Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
GeForce GT 630 | Radeon R9 255 OEM | |||
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TDP | 65 watts | vs | 65 watts | |
Release Date | 15 May 2012 | vs | 21 Dec 2013 |
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GeForce GT 630
3. 24 GP/s
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Radeon R9 255 OEM
14.40 GP/s
GigaPixels — higher is better
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GeForce GT 630
13.00 GT/s
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Radeon R9 255 OEM
28.80 GT/s
GigaTexels — higher is better
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GeForce GT 630
28.80 GB/s
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Radeon R9 255 OEM
73.60 GB/s
GB/s — higher is better
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GeForce GT 630
311.00 GFLOPs
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Radeon R9 255 OEM
921.60 GFLOPs
GFLOPs — higher is better
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GeForce GT 630 | GeForce GT 720 |
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GeForce GT 630 | Radeon HD 8470D IGP |
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Radeon R9 255 OEM | GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 |
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Radeon R9 255 OEM | Radeon R7 250X |
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Radeon R7 360E | GeForce GTX 750 v2 |
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GeForce GTX 750 v2 | Radeon R7 360 |
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Nvidia GeForce GT 630 vs AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
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Nvidia GeForce GT 630 vs AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
Comparison of the technical characteristics between the graphics cards, with Nvidia GeForce GT 630 on one side and AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM on the other side. The first is dedicated to the desktop sector, it has 96 shading units, a maximum frequency of 0,8 GHz, its lithography is 40 nm. The second is used on the desktop segment, it includes 512 shading units, a maximum frequency of 0,9 GHz, its lithography is 28 nm. The following table also compares the boost clock, the number of shading units (if indicated), of execution units, the amount of cache memory, the maximum memory capacity, the memory bus width, the release date, the number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in various benchmarks.
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Specifications:
Graphics card | Nvidia GeForce GT 630 | AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM | ||||||
Market (main) | Desktop | Desktop | ||||||
Release date | Q2 2012 | Q4 2013 | ||||||
Model number | GF108-400-A1 | Cape Verde PRX | ||||||
GPU name | GF108 | Cape Verde | ||||||
Architecture | Fermi | GCN 1. 0 | ||||||
Generation | GeForce 600 | Volcanic Islands R9 200 | ||||||
Lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm | ||||||
Transistors | 585.000.000 | 1.500.000.000 | ||||||
Bus interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | ||||||
GPU base clock | 810 MHz | 900 MHz | ||||||
GPU boost clock | 810 MHz | 930 MHz | ||||||
Memory frequency | 900 MHz | 1.150 MHz | ||||||
Effective memory speed | 1,8 GB/s | 4,6 GB/s | ||||||
Memory size | 1 GB | 2 GB | ||||||
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 | ||||||
Memory bus | 128 Bit | 128 Bit | ||||||
Memory bandwidth | 28,8 GB/s | 73,6 GB/s | ||||||
TDP | 65 W | 65 W | ||||||
Suggested PSU | 250W ATX Power Supply | 250W ATX Power Supply | ||||||
Multicard technology | — | — | ||||||
Outputs |
1x DVI |
1x DVI |
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Cores (compute units, SM, SMX) | 2 | 8 | ||||||
Shading units (cuda cores) | 96 | 512 | ||||||
TMUs | 16 | 32 | ||||||
ROPs | 4 | 16 | ||||||
Cache memory | 256 KB | 256 KB | ||||||
Pixel fillrate | 3,2 GP/s | 14,9 GP/s | ||||||
Texture fillrate | 13,0 GT/s | 29,8 GT/s | ||||||
Performance FP32 (float) | 311 GFLOPS | 952,3 GFLOPS | ||||||
Performance FP64 (double) | 25,9 GFLOPS | 59,5 GFLOPS | ||||||
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Performances :
Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench 4.
FP32 Performance in GFLOPS | |
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AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM |
952,3 |
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 |
311 |
The difference is 206%.
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average of the performances got with these graphics cards, you may get different results.
Single precision floating point format, also known as FP32, is a computer number format that typically occupies 32 bits in PC memory. This represents a wide dynamic range of numeric values that employs a floating point.
See also:
Nvidia GeForce GT 630MNvidia GeForce GT 635Nvidia GeForce GT 635M
Equivalence:
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 AMD equivalentAMD Radeon R9 255 OEM Nvidia equivalent
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