NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 RTX 2050 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	17 Dec 2021 vs 17 May 2017
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 832 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1155 MHz
4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1228 MHz vs 832 MHz
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1155 MHz
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
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 RTX 2050 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA107	N17P-G1
Launch date	17 Dec 2021	17 May 2017
Place in performance rating	not rated	874
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.99
Price now		$59.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		63.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1155 MHz	1670 MHz
Core clock speed	832 MHz	1228 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	147.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.462 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.731 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	384
Pixel fill rate	36.96 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	73.92 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	30 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	229 mm, 9 inches
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	113 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12_1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready