NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 810 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 12.96 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
3.4x better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 311.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 629 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 15 May 2012
Core clock speed	1152 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s vs 12.96 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops vs 311.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629 vs 170

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

629

170

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629	170
PassMark - G3D Mark		681
PassMark - G2D Mark		225
Geekbench - OpenCL		2473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		140.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		9.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.49
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Fermi
Code name	GP108	GF108
Launch date	12 March 2018	15 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$99.99
Place in performance rating	1476	1440
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$99.21
Value for money (0-100)		8.89
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	810 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	311.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	96
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	12.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3