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 $125
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 SHADOW RTX 5060 8G SHADOW 2X OC | Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD (rev. 2.0) | PNY Dual Fan VCG50608DFXPB1 | ASRock Challenger RX7600 CL 8GO | ZOTAC Twin Edge OC ZT-B50500H-10M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GT 1030 | GeForce RTX 5060 | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 5060 | Radeon RX 7600 | GeForce RTX 5050 |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR7 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR7 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1506 | 2527 | 1815 | 2497 | 2695 | 2602 |
| Tdp W | 30 | 145 | 220 | 145 | 165 | 130 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 128 | 256 | 128 | 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 SHADOW RTX 5060 8G SHADOW 2X OC Compare | 40.7 | 60.7 | 47.9 | 55.6 | 56.3 | 72.7 | 56.8 | 71.6 | 85.5 | 94 | 95.3 |
| Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD (rev. 2.0) Compare | 37.9 | 67.9 | 39.2 | 60.4 | 54.9 | 79.1 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 60.6 | 52.9 | 95.3 |
| PNY Dual Fan VCG50608DFXPB1 Compare | 40.7 | 60.7 | 47.9 | 55.6 | 56.3 | 66.8 | 44.4 | 0 | 85.5 | 82.1 | 2.6 |
| ASRock Challenger RX7600 CL 8GO Compare | 46.5 | 41.7 | 35.5 | 39.5 | 61.7 | 58.6 | 56.8 | 57.6 | 60.1 | 70.5 | 88.6 |
| ZOTAC Twin Edge OC ZT-B50500H-10M Compare | 31.2 | 44.8 | 36.3 | 42.2 | 44.5 | 89.9 | 44.4 | 0 | 81.9 | 94 | 41.8 |
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