GeForce2 MX vs GeForce GT 1030

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	573	not rated
Place by popularity	36	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.31	no data
Power efficiency	14.70	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GP108	NV11 A2
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	17 May 2017 (7 years ago)	28 June 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	175 MHz
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,800 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	35.23	0.7
Floating-point processing power	1.127 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	2
TMUs	24	4

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	AGP 4x
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR5	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	2.656 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x VGA
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	7.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 May 2017	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm

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