GeForce GT 1030 GK107 vs GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGK208GK107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)30 September 2018 (6 years ago)

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 cores384384
Core clock speed902 MHz1058 MHz
Number of transistors915 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate28.8633.86
Floating-point processing power0.6927 TFLOPS0.8125 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs3232

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 2.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length115 mm147 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s80 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA3.53.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 May 2013 30 September 2018
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8 has 160% lower power consumption.

GT 1030 GK107, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8 and GeForce GT 1030 GK107. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
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