ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5
A completely silent, passive cooling design and a 30W TDP make this card ideal for noise-sensitive systems, powered by a 14nm Pascal chip with 384 CUDA cores. Its low-profile form factor and included bracket allow it to fit into slim HTPC cases where space is at a premium. This card is best for users building a quiet home theater PC for 4K media playback and light desktop tasks, not modern gaming.
GPU GeForce GT 1030
VRAM 2GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1506 MHz
TDP 30 W
Memory Bus 64 bit
Class consumer
26 Overall Score
Price €154
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (89th percentile) 89th
Cons
- Below average ai (8th percentile)
- Below average vram (8th percentile)
- Below average feature (12th percentile)
- Below average rt (12th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
82/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 33 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 | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 64 |
| Bandwidth | 48.06 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 384 |
| Stream Processors | 1024 |
| Base Clock | 1228 |
| Boost Clock | 1506 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 2400 |
| GPU Compute | 1251 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 30 |
| Recommended PSU | 200 |
| Power Connectors | None |
| Cooler | Passive |
| Fans | 0 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 |
| DisplayPort | 0 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| USB-C | 0 |
| Max Displays | 2 |
| Max Resolution | 1920 x 1200 |
Physical
| Length | 173 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile |
| Weight | 0.5 kg / 1.1 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | ASUS GeForce GT 1030 | MSI Gaming GeForceRTX5060Ti 8G GAMING TRIO OC | Gigabyte Vision GV-N3080VISION OC-10GD | Sapphire PULSE 11330-02-20G | XFX Swift RX-96TSW16BQ | PNY Dual Fan OC VCG50608DFXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GT 1030 | GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | GeForce RTX 3080 | Radeon RX 7800 XT | Radeon RX 9060 XT | GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR6X | 10GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1506 | 2610 | 1800 | 2430 | 3320 | 2535 |
| Tdp W | 30 | 285 | 320 | 263 | 182 | 145 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 192 | 320 | 256 | 128 | 128 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUS GeForce GT 1030 | 7.8 | 12.1 | 8.2 | 13.7 | 21.1 | 11.6 | 21.2 | 57.6 | 36.1 | 17.5 | 88.6 |
| 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 |
| Gigabyte Vision GV-N3080VISION OC-10GD Compare | 54 | 75.2 | 55.9 | 66.8 | 85 | 79.1 | 91.5 | 96.4 | 35 | 65.7 | 69 |
| 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 |
| XFX Swift RX-96TSW16BQ Compare | 77.2 | 57.4 | 67.8 | 50 | 65.1 | 89.9 | 44.4 | 0 | 70.4 | 76.7 | 95.3 |
| PNY Dual Fan OC VCG50608DFXPB1-O Compare | 40.7 | 60.7 | 47.9 | 55.6 | 56.3 | 89.9 | 44.4 | 86.3 | 85.5 | 94 | 95.3 |
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