GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G
vs
ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent DDR4


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G has the GP106-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent DDR4 is based on the graphics chip GP108-310-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G GPU ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4)
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GP108-310-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 3
1280 Shader 384
48 Render Output Units 16
80 Texture Units 24
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

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

6 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type DDR4
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.050 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 2.1 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 17 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.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.151 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.417 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.38 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent DDR4 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 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent DDR4 has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type --
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Passive cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G.

The ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent 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 --
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports --
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent 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
No VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent DDR4 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 4 Lanes interface.

169 mm Length 173 mm
131 mm Height 69 mm
37 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 4

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent DDR4 came on the market in Q1/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N1060IX-6GD Part-no GT1030-SL-2GD4-BRK
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2018
249 $ (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)

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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