NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 513 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 12.31 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
4.6x better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 228.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
7.2x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 143 Watt
6.4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 320 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1584 MHz

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 12 February 2007
Core clock speed	1152 MHz vs 513 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s vs 12.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops vs 228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 143 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 320 MB
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1584 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	620
PassMark - G2D Mark		32
PassMark - G3D Mark		419

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla
Code name	GP108	G80
Launch date	12 March 2018	12 February 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$269
Place in performance rating	1623	1621
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	513 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384	96
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	143 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	320 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	1584 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR3