GRID K2 vs GeForce GT 1030 GK107

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated548
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.14
Power efficiencyno data2.16
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGK107GK104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date30 September 2018 (6 years ago)11 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$5,199

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 cores3841536
Core clock speed1058 MHz745 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate33.8695.36
Floating-point processing power0.8125 TFLOPS2.289 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs32128

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 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length147 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s160.0 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 mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.175
CUDA3.03.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2018 11 May 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 225 Watt

GT 1030 GK107 has an age advantage of 5 years, and 246.2% lower power consumption.

GRID K2, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 1030 GK107 and GRID K2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 1030 GK107 is a desktop card while GRID K2 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 GK107
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