NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 914 MHz
• Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1124 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
• 2.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 216
• Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9706 vs 9543
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 160.823 vs 139.158

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

• Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2586 vs 2473
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.396 vs 36.898
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 373.644 vs 170.785
• Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.54 vs 1.373
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.412 vs 18.937
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 3629
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3684
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3331
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 3629
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3684
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3331
• 3.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3350 vs 1083

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2473 2586
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	445 216
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9706 9543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	36.898 42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	170.785 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.373 2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.937 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	160.823 139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1083 3350

Compare specifications (specs)