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MSI GeForce GT 1030 4GB DDR4
A passive heatsink and 20W TDP enable silent, zero-fan operation in a 150mm low-profile card, though the 4GB DDR4 memory on a 64-bit bus severely limits bandwidth to 48 GB/s. Its single-slot design and 4K60 output over HDMI 2.0b make it a practical fit for compact home theater PCs or office systems needing modern display connectivity. This card is best for users upgrading aging integrated graphics for desktop productivity and media playback, not for gaming workloads.
GPU GeForce GT 1030
VRAM 4GB DDR4
Boost Clock 1430 MHz
TDP 20 W
Memory Bus 64 bit
Class consumer
25 Overall Score
Price €148
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong efficiency (73rd percentile) 73rd
Cons
- Below average vram (10th percentile)
- Below average feature (12th percentile)
- Below average rt (12th percentile)
- Below average ai (12th percentile)
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 | DDR4 |
| Memory Bus | 64 |
| Bandwidth | 48.06 |
| ECC | No |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 384 |
| Base Clock | 1228 |
| Boost Clock | 1430 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 2297 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 20 |
| Recommended PSU | 300 |
| Power Connectors | No |
| Cooler | Passive |
| Fans | 0 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Resolution | 4K |
Physical
| Length | 150 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI GeForce GT 1030 | Gigabyte Vision GV-N3080VISION OC-10GD | PNY Dual Fan OC VCG50608DFXPB1-O | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX3060TI-O8G-V2-GAMING | Sapphire PULSE 11330-02CPO | EVGA FTW3 10G-P5-3897-KR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GT 1030 | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 5060 | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | Radeon RX 7800 XT | GeForce RTX 3080 |
| Vram | 4GB DDR4 | 10GB GDDR6X | 8GB GDDR7 | 8GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 10GB GDDR6X |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1430 | 1800 | 2535 | 1785 | 2430 | 1800 |
| Tdp W | 20 | 320 | 145 | 200 | 263 | 320 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 320 | 128 | 256 | 256 | 320 |
| 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 | Efficiency | Connectivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI GeForce GT 1030 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 13.4 | 21.1 | 11.6 | 21.2 | 72.6 | 21.8 |
| Gigabyte Vision GV-N3080VISION OC-10GD Compare | 54 | 75.2 | 55.9 | 66.8 | 85 | 79.1 | 91.5 | 35 | 65.7 |
| PNY Dual Fan OC VCG50608DFXPB1-O Compare | 40.7 | 60.7 | 47.9 | 55.6 | 56.3 | 89.9 | 44.4 | 85.5 | 94 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX3060TI-O8G-V2-GAMING Compare | 44 | 64.5 | 42.3 | 51.7 | 53 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 61.4 | 78.1 |
| Sapphire PULSE 11330-02CPO Compare | 84.3 | 78.5 | 72 | 64.5 | 88.8 | 72.7 | 44.4 | 51.9 | 86 |
| EVGA FTW3 10G-P5-3897-KR Compare | 54 | 69.1 | 55.9 | 66.8 | 85 | 79.1 | 91.5 | 35 | 57.5 |
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