NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

413
Place in performance rating
242
32.73
Value for money (0-100)
13.60
Pascal
Architecture
Maxwell
GP108
Code name
GM206
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 May 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
20 August 2015 (6 years ago)
$79
Launch price (MSRP)
$159
$167 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
$181 (1.1x MSRP)
13.90
Value for money
24.57
N17P-G1
GPU code name
GM206
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
768
1228 MHz
Core clock speed
1024 MHz
1468 MHz
Boost Clock
1188 MHz
1,800 million
Transistor count
2,940 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
30 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
35.23
Texture fill rate
49.2 billion/sec
1,127 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
768
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1670 MHz
Boost clock speed
1188 MHz
1,800 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
30 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
90 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 GTX 950.

PCIe 3.0 x4
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
145 mm
Length
7.938" (20.2 cm)
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
no data
Recommended system power (PSU)
350 Watt
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.376" (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 GTX 950 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6.6 GB/s
48.06 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
105.6 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
+
G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
no data
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
2.0
6.1
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Surround
+
+
Multi-Projection
no data
no data
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
no data
GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
no data
GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 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 GTX 950 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 GTX 950
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 18.5 11.8 9.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 92.7 41.6 30.7 18.6 13.7 4.82
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 105.9 35.7 24.2 15.4 8.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 38.4 17.6 14.9 14.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
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

Cheaper ($167 (2.1x MSRP) vs $181 (1.1x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 90 Watt)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

12.54% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (768 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (105.6 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 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 GTX 950