NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
About GPU
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 is a budget-friendly GPU that is targeted towards casual gamers and entry-level users who are looking for a reliable and affordable graphics solution. With a base clock of 1228MHz and a boost clock of 1468MHz, this GPU offers decent performance for its price point.
The GT 1030 comes with a 2GB GDDR5 memory, which is sufficient for low to medium graphics settings in most games. Combined with a memory clock of 1502MHz and 384 shading units, this GPU is capable of handling modern gaming titles with ease.
One of the key highlights of the GT 1030 is its low power consumption, with a TDP of just 30W. This makes it a great choice for users who are looking to build a small form factor PC or upgrade their existing system without having to invest in a high wattage power supply.
In terms of real-world performance, the GT 1030 delivers satisfactory results. It scored 1083 in 3DMark Time Spy, and was able to achieve 22 fps in Battlefield 5 and 12 fps in Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p resolution. While it may not be able to handle the latest AAA titles at high settings, it is more than capable of running less demanding games and esports titles.
Overall, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 is a solid choice for budget-conscious users who are looking for a reliable and energy-efficient GPU that can handle casual gaming and everyday tasks with ease.
Basic
Label Name
NVIDIA
Platform
Desktop
Launch Date
May 2017
Model Name
GeForce GT 1030
Generation
GeForce 10
Base Clock
1228MHz
Boost Clock
1468MHz
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4
Transistors
1,800 million
TMUs
?
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) serve as components of the GPU, which are capable of rotating, scaling, and distorting binary images, and then placing them as textures onto any plane of a given 3D model. This process is called texture mapping.
24
Foundry
Samsung
Process Size
14 nm
Architecture
Pascal
Memory Specifications
Memory Size
2GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
?
The memory bus width refers to the number of bits of data that the video memory can transfer within a single clock cycle. The larger the bus width, the greater the amount of data that can be transmitted instantaneously, making it one of the crucial parameters of video memory. The memory bandwidth is calculated as: Memory Bandwidth = Memory Frequency x Memory Bus Width / 8. Therefore, when the memory frequencies are similar, the memory bus width will determine the size of the memory bandwidth.
64bit
Memory Clock
1502MHz
Bandwidth
?
Memory bandwidth refers to the data transfer rate between the graphics chip and the video memory. It is measured in bytes per second, and the formula to calculate it is: memory bandwidth = working frequency × memory bus width / 8 bits.
48.06 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
?
Pixel fill rate refers to the number of pixels a graphics processing unit (GPU) can render per second, measured in MPixels/s (million pixels per second) or GPixels/s (billion pixels per second). It is the most commonly used metric to evaluate the pixel processing performance of a graphics card.
23.49 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
?
Texture fill rate refers to the number of texture map elements (texels) that a GPU can map to pixels in a single second.
35.23 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable. Single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks, while double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy.
17.62 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy, while single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.
35.23 GFLOPS
FP32 (float)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks, while double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.
1.104
TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
SM Count
?
Multiple Streaming Processors (SPs), along with other resources, form a Streaming Multiprocessor (SM), which is also referred to as a GPU's major core. These additional resources include components such as warp schedulers, registers, and shared memory. The SM can be considered the heart of the GPU, similar to a CPU core, with registers and shared memory being scarce resources within the SM.
3
Shading Units
?
The most fundamental processing unit is the Streaming Processor (SP), where specific instructions and tasks are executed. GPUs perform parallel computing, which means multiple SPs work simultaneously to process tasks.
384
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
512KB
TDP
30W
Vulkan Version
?
Vulkan is a cross-platform graphics and compute API by Khronos Group, offering high performance and low CPU overhead. It lets developers control the GPU directly, reduces rendering overhead, and supports multi-threading and multi-core processors.
1.3
OpenCL Version
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
DirectX
12 (12_1)
CUDA
6.1
Power Connectors
None
Shader Model
6.4
ROPs
?
The Raster Operations Pipeline (ROPs) is primarily responsible for handling lighting and reflection calculations in games, as well as managing effects like anti-aliasing (AA), high resolution, smoke, and fire. The more demanding the anti-aliasing and lighting effects in a game, the higher the performance requirements for the ROPs; otherwise, it may result in a sharp drop in frame rate.
16
Suggested PSU
200W
Benchmarks
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
Score
1
fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
Score
7
fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
Score
12
fps
Battlefield 5 2160p
Score
1
fps
Battlefield 5 1440p
Score
17
fps
Battlefield 5 1080p
Score
22
fps
FP32 (float)
Score
1.104
TFLOPS
3DMark Time Spy
Score
1105
Vulkan
Score
9614
OpenCL
Score
10025
Compared to Other GPU
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
/ fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
/ fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
/ fps
Battlefield 5 2160p
/ fps
Battlefield 5 1440p
/ fps
Battlefield 5 1080p
/ fps
FP32 (float)
/ TFLOPS
3DMark Time Spy
Vulkan
OpenCL