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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2017
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
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Q3/2016
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

What's the best choice NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070? Which graphics card is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 has a base frequency of 1.502 GHz. Memory size 2 GB. Memory type GDDR5. Released in Q2/2017.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has a base frequency of 2 GHz. Memory size 8 GB. Memory type GDDR5. Released in Q3/2016.

Differences


Positions in all rankings

Common positions NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)
    3140 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 33% better clock speed

    2 GHz left arrow 1.502 GHz
  • More memory

    300% more memory

    8 GB left arrow 2 GB

Specifications

Technical data
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
General info

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, chip, information processing units.

  • Architecture
    Pascal left arrow Pascal
  • Execution Units
    3 left arrow 1920
  • GPU Chip
    GP108-300-A1 left arrow GP104
  • Render Output Units
    16 left arrow 64
  • Shader
    384 left arrow -
  • Texture Units
    24 left arrow 120
  • L1 Cache
    - left arrow 48 KB
  • L2 Cache
    - left arrow 2 MB
Memory settings

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

  • Memory Size
    2 GB left arrow 8 GB
  • Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
    1502 MHz left arrow -
  • Memory Type
    GDDR5 left arrow GDDR5
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 256.3 GB/s
  • Memory Bus
    - left arrow 256 bit
  • Memory Clock
    - left arrow 2000 MHz
  • Memory Data Rate
    - left arrow 8 Gbps
Clock frequency

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

  • Base Clock
    1227 MHz left arrow 1506 MHz
  • Boost Clock
    1468 MHz left arrow 1683 MHz
Thermal Management

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

  • TDP
    30 W left arrow 150 W
  • System Power Supply
    - left arrow 450 W (PSU recommendation)
Interfaces

Connectivity and connections.

  • Max. Displays
    2 left arrow 5
  • PCIe Interface
    PCIe 3.0 x4 left arrow PCIe 3.0 x16
  • DisplayPort Ports
    - left arrow 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
  • DVI Ports
    - left arrow 1 × DVI
  • HDMI Ports
    - left arrow 1 × HDMI 2.0
  • Power Connectors
    - left arrow 1x 8-pin
Technical data

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

  • DirectX
    12.1 left arrow 12.1
  • DLSS / FSR
    No left arrow -
  • Max. resolution
    7680 × 4320 left arrow 3840 × 2160
  • Raytracing
    No left arrow -
  • CUDA
    - left arrow 6.1
  • OpenCL
    - left arrow 3.0
  • OpenGL
    - left arrow 4.6
  • Shader Model
    - left arrow 6.7 (6.4)
  • Vulkan
    - left arrow 1.3
Supported Video Codecs

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

  • AV1
    No left arrow -
  • h264
    Decode left arrow -
  • h265 / HEVC
    Decode left arrow -
  • VP8
    No left arrow -
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow -
Dimensions

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

  • Height
    - left arrow 40 mm
  • Length
    - left arrow 267 mm
  • Slot Size
    - left arrow Dual-slot
  • Width
    - left arrow 112 mm
More information

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030.

  • Manufacturer
    NVIDIA left arrow -
  • Process Technology
    14 nm left arrow 16 nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2017 left arrow Q3/2016
Theoretical Performance

  • FP16 (theoretical)
    - left arrow 101.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
  • FP32 (theoretical)
    - left arrow 6.463 TFLOPS
  • FP64 (theoretical)
    - left arrow 202.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
  • Pixel Rate
    - left arrow 107.7 GPixel/s
  • Texture Rate
    - left arrow 202.0 GTexel/s

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 2

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsNVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070Result difference¹
Blender 4.5.0 / OPTIX / Windows 59.345478 samples/min Submissions: 8 520.511331 samples/min Submissions: 62 +777.1 %
Blender 4.4.0 / OPTIX / Windows 75.499331 samples/min Submissions: 14 522.08629 samples/min Submissions: 62 +591.5 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

More results: 8

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