NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1 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 GT 610 PCIe x1

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 810 MHz
8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	17 May 2017 vs 2 April 2012
Core clock speed	1228 MHz vs 810 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1

Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 30 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 30 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1
PassMark - G3D Mark	2433
PassMark - G2D Mark	442
Geekbench - OpenCL	9864
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	35

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Fermi 2.0
Code name	N17P-G1	GF119
Launch date	17 May 2017	2 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$69.99
Place in performance rating	874	not rated
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	810 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	29 Watt
Floating-point performance		155.5 gflops
Texture fill rate		6.48 GTexel / s
Transistor count		292 million
Video outputs and ports
G-SYNC support
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
API support
DirectX	12_1	12.0 (11_0)
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x1
Length		145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None