GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 vs Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 and the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) and has 384 texture shaders and 3 execution units. Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4	GPU	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4)	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GP108-310-A1	GPU Chip	Navi 21
Pascal	Architecture	RDNA 2
3	Streaming Multiprocessors	80
384	Shader	5120
16	Render Output Units	128
24	Texture Units	320
0	Raytracing Cores	80

Memory The GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type DDR4 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 17 GB/s. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.
2 GB	Memory Size	16 GB
DDR4	Memory Type	GDDR6
1.050 GHz	Memory Clock	2.000 GHz
2.1 Gbps	Memory Speed	16.0 Gbps
17 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s
64 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit

Clock Speeds The GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 clocks in the base with up to 1.151 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1.825 GHz.
1.151 GHz	Base Clock	1.825 GHz
1.417 GHz	Boost Clock	2.250 GHz
1.38 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	2.02 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 is 30 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
30 W	TDP	300 W
--	TDP (up)	345 W
97 °C	Tjunction max	100 °C
	PCIe-Power	2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 has a total of 1 Axial fans. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
1 x 50 mm	Fan 1	3 x 80 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
0 dB	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.
3	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.1
--	DP Ports	2x DP v1.4a
1	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	1

Featureset The GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels. The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.
4096x2160	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	Non addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Decode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	Decode
No	VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	VP9	Decode / Encode

Dimensions The GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 is 150 mm long, 69 mm high and 15 mm wide. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and 50 mm wide.
150 mm	Length	267 mm
69 mm	Height	120 mm
15 mm	Width	50 mm
1 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	3 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 3.0 x 4	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data The GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 was released in Q1/2018 at a price of 79 $ (Reference). The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).
GT1030-SL-2GD4-BRK	Part-no	21308-01-20G
Q1/2018	Release date	Q2/2021
79 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	999 $ (Reference)
14 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4
1.151 GHz, 2 GB (30 W TDP)

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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
1.825 GHz, 16 GB (300 W TDP)

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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


	GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 2 GB DDR4	222
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	9836

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	9889

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	3619

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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	114 fps (avg)

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The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	126 fps (avg)

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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


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	161394

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	161439

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	235478

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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)


	GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4 2 GB DDR4	1.09
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	23.04

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GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G DDR4
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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT

GPU comparison with benchmarks

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Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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