GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs 7600 GT

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1201not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.05no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameG73GP108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 March 2006 (18 years ago)12 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data384
Core clock speed560 MHz1152 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1379 MHz
Number of transistors177 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate6.72033.10
Floating-point processing powerno data1.059 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1224

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x4
Lengthno data145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3DDR4
Maximum RAM amount256 MB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s16.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 March 2006 12 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 20 Watt

GT 1030 DDR4 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7600 GT and GeForce GT 1030 DDR4. We've got no test results to judge.


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