INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP has 384 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.47 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.13 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has 1664 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS.

GPU

The INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 3 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.
INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GP108-300-A1 GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
Pascal Architecture Maxwell 2.0
3 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
384 Shader 1664
16 Render Output Units 56
24 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.502 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.502 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
48 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP has a turbo clock of 1.468 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 1.178 GHz.

1.227 GHz Base Clock 1.050 GHz
1.468 GHz Boost Clock 1.178 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

30 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
50 x 1 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

167 mm Length 267 mm
55 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width 40 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, INNO3D GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 LP was released in Q2/2017.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 published in Q3/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

N1030-1DDV-E5BL Part-no --
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2014
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $
14 nm Structure size 28 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4 GB GDDR5
26734

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4 GB GDDR5
31845

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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