Price drop 8%
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 $192
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 | ASUS Dual DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-V2 | ASRock Challenger RX7600 CL 8GO | Sapphire PULSE 11324-01-20G | XFX SPEEDSTER SWFT309 RX-67XLKWFDV | EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11G-P4-6696-KR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GT 1030 | GeForce RTX 4060 | Radeon RX 7600 | Radeon RX 7600 | Radeon RX 6700 | GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
| Vram | 4GB DDR4 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 10GB GDDR6 | 11GB GDDR5X |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1430 | 2535 | 2695 | 2755 | 2425 | 1683 |
| Tdp W | 20 | 115 | 165 | 185 | 175 | 250 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 160 | 352 |
| Ray Tracing | false | 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 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 13.3 | 21 | 11.5 | 21.1 | 72.5 | 21.6 |
| ASUS Dual DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-V2 Compare | 33.6 | 46.6 | 33.2 | 46.4 | 48.8 | 89.9 | 56.7 | 92.3 | 70.5 |
| ASRock Challenger RX7600 CL 8GO Compare | 46.3 | 41.6 | 35.3 | 39.3 | 61.6 | 58.5 | 56.7 | 60 | 70.5 |
| Sapphire PULSE 11324-01-20G Compare | 46.3 | 47.6 | 35.3 | 39.3 | 61.6 | 66.8 | 44.2 | 48 | 57.4 |
| XFX SPEEDSTER SWFT309 RX-67XLKWFDV Compare | 44.8 | 43 | 45 | 44.4 | 30.1 | 66.8 | 72.8 | 68.1 | 57.4 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11G-P4-6696-KR Compare | 51.1 | 36.1 | 44.6 | 43.5 | 43.9 | 30 | 72.8 | 31.5 | 46.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $192
Amazon 1 offer From $192
Price History
Usage Scores
A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.
