EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB
vs
GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Pascal) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 48 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G is based on the graphics chip GP108-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB GPU GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GP108-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 3
1152 Shader 384
48 Render Output Units 16
72 Texture Units 24
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G is 6.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.502 GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.502 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.227 GHz
1.835 GHz Boost Clock 1.506 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.47 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 30 W.

120 W TDP 30 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 50 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB.

The GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G supports the operation of a maximum of 2 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 2
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports --
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode
No AV1 No
No VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 4 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 150 mm
111 mm Height 70 mm
-- Width 15 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 4

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The GIGAYBYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile 2G came on the market in Q2/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

03G-P4-6567-KR Part-no GV-N1030D5-2GL
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2017
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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