NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 5.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 591
  • 8.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 54
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 3108
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 3108
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 4 March 2009
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433 vs 591
PassMark - G2D Mark 442 vs 54
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 3108

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 1228 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3331
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3331
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 1228 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3331

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
591
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
442
54
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3351
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433 591
PassMark - G2D Mark 442 54
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 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 35

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla
Code name N17P-G1 G92B
Launch date 17 May 2017 4 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $69.99 $199
Place in performance rating 874 1021
Price now $59.99 $114.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 63.91 9.91

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1670 MHz
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 1836 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 150 Watt
CUDA cores 128
Floating-point performance 387.1 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec
Transistor count 754 million

Video outputs and ports

G-SYNC support
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

API support

DirectX 12_1 10.0
Vulkan
OpenGL 3.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB / s

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin