SAPLOS GeForce GT 1030 4GB GDDR4
The passive cooling and 30W TDP allow for silent, single-slot operation without an external power connector, making it a simple drop-in upgrade for compact or older office PCs. Its 4GB GDDR4 frame buffer and dual-monitor support via HDMI and DVI provide functional 4K desktop real estate for productivity tasks. This card is best for users needing basic multi-display output for office applications or adding video ports to a server, not for modern 3D gaming.
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong user sentiment (86th percentile) 86th
Cons
- Below average vram (10th percentile)
- Below average feature (12th percentile)
- Below average rt (12th percentile)
- Below average ai (12th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Based on 6 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GT 1030 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Pascal |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 14 |
Memory
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR4 |
| Memory Bus | 64 |
| Bandwidth | 48.06 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 384 |
| Base Clock | 1152 |
| Boost Clock | 1152 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 2297 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 30 |
| Recommended PSU | 200 |
| Power Connectors | None |
| Cooler | Passive |
| Fans | 0 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express x4 3.0 |
| DisplayPort | 0 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 2 |
| Max Resolution | 4K |
Physical
| Length | 160 |
| Slot Width | 1 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile |
| Weight | 0.1 kg / 0.3 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | SAPLOS GeForce GT 1030 | MSI Gaming GeForceRTX5060Ti 8G GAMING TRIO OC | ASRock OC Formula RX6900XT OCF 16G | Gigabyte Vision GV-N3080VISION OC-10GD | ASUS Dual DUAL-RX9060XT-16G | Sapphire PULSE 11330-02-20G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GT 1030 | GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | Radeon RX 6900 XT | GeForce RTX 3080 | Radeon RX 9060 XT | Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Vram | 4GB GDDR4 | 12GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR6 | 10GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1152 | 2610 | 2475 | 1800 | 3250 | 2430 |
| Tdp W | 30 | 285 | 300 | 320 | 140 | 263 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 192 | 256 | 320 | 128 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAPLOS GeForce GT 1030 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 13.4 | 21.1 | 11.6 | 14.3 | 86.4 | 34.3 | 17.5 | 37.9 |
| MSI Gaming GeForceRTX5060Ti 8G GAMING TRIO OC Compare | 59 | 76.4 | 58.9 | 77.4 | 83.1 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 0 | 53.5 | 70.5 | 55.9 |
| ASRock OC Formula RX6900XT OCF 16G Compare | 75.7 | 86.6 | 69.7 | 71.5 | 76.9 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 0 | 47.6 | 70.5 | 65.6 |
| Gigabyte Vision GV-N3080VISION OC-10GD Compare | 54 | 75.2 | 55.9 | 66.8 | 85 | 79.1 | 91.5 | 96.5 | 35 | 65.7 | 69 |
| ASUS Dual DUAL-RX9060XT-16G Compare | 77.2 | 57.4 | 67.8 | 50 | 65.1 | 89.9 | 56.8 | 45 | 84.8 | 76.7 | 95.3 |
| Sapphire PULSE 11330-02-20G Compare | 84.3 | 78.5 | 72 | 64.5 | 88.8 | 84.3 | 44.4 | 0 | 51.9 | 86 | 82.2 |
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