NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory384
Cores48.06 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GT 1030
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
GeForce GT 1030
$79 • May 2017
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 30 W | 148 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1468 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 48.06 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 384 | 1664 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 24 | 104 |
| ROPs | 16 | 56 |
| Memory Bus | 64-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1502 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 23.49 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 48.06 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 1 GFLOPS | 3.92 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 74 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 1800 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 200 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
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