NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

413
Place in performance rating
800
32.73
Value for money (0-100)
7.68
Pascal
Architecture
Tesla
GP108
Code name
G92B
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 May 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
4 March 2009 (12 years ago)
$79
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$167 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
$117 (0.6x MSRP)
13.90
Value for money
0.23
N17P-G1
GPU code name
G92B
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
128
1228 MHz
Core clock speed
738 MHz
1468 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,800 million
Transistor count
754 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
30 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
35.23
Texture fill rate
47.2 billion/sec
1,127 gflops
Floating-point performance
387.1 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
no data
CUDA cores
128
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
1670 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,800 million
Number of transistors
754 million
30 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250.

PCIe 3.0 x4
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
145 mm
Length
9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
None
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
no data
SLI options
+
no data
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
48.06 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI
+
G-SYNC support
no data
no data
Multi monitor support
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
no data
3D Vision
+
6.1
CUDA
+
+
Multi-Projection
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
3.0
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 31 15 13 10
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 18.5 11.8 9.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 92.7 41.6 30.7 18.6 13.7 4.82
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 105.9 35.7 24.2 15.4 8.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 38.4 17.6 14.9 14.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

9.26% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Cheaper ($117 (0.6x MSRP) vs $167 (2.1x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (70.4 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250