NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 375 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
14x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2473 vs 177
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 199

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2017 vs 2 February 2006
Core clock speed	1228 MHz vs 375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2473 vs 177
PassMark - G2D Mark	445 vs 199

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2473

177

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

445

199

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	2473	177
PassMark - G2D Mark	445	199
Geekbench - OpenCL	9714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	170.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	160.823
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1083

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Curie
Code name	N17P-G1	G71
Launch date	17 May 2017	2 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$69.99
Place in performance rating	862	860
Price now	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	63.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate		6 GTexel / s
Transistor count		278 million
Video outputs and ports
G-SYNC support
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
API support
DirectX	12_1	9.0c
Vulkan
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex