EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING
vs
Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) (Pascal) and has 2 GB DDR4 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 17 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is based on the graphics chip GP108-310-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING GPU Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4)
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GP108-310-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 3
2560 Shader 384
64 Render Output Units 16
160 Texture Units 24
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is 2.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.050 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type DDR4
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.050 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 2.1 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 17 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.708 GHz Base Clock 1.151 GHz
1.847 GHz Boost Clock 1.379 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 20 W.

180 W TDP 20 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 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 1080 SC2 GAMING.

The Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 3
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 1080 SC2 GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
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
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 4 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 135 mm
111 mm Height 69 mm
-- Width 20 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 1080 SC2 GAMING has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 came on the market in Q3/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

08G-P4-6583-KR Part-no NEC103000646-1082F
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2018
599 $ (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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

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)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING
8 GB GDDR5X
43 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
2 GB DDR4
1 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING
8 GB GDDR5X
80 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
2 GB DDR4
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING
8 GB GDDR5X
113 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 Palit GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
2 GB DDR4
21 fps (avg)

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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