KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) and has 384 texture shaders and 3 execution units.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GP108-310-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
3 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
384 Shader 1280
16 Render Output Units 48
24 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type DDR4 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 17 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 199 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 6 GB
DDR4 Memory Type GDDR5
1.050 GHz Memory Clock 2.079 GHz
2.1 Gbps Memory Speed 8.3 Gbps
17 GB/s Memory bandwidth 199 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 clocks in the base with up to 1.151 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps is 1.620 GHz.

1.151 GHz Base Clock 1.620 GHz
1.379 GHz Boost Clock 1.873 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.85 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 is 30 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 No
No VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 is 180 mm long, 121 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps is 281 mm long, 137 mm high and 59 mm wide.

180 mm Length 281 mm
121 mm Height 137 mm
41 mm Width 59 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 was released in Q1/2018 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

30NPK4HVQ4BK Part-no GV-N1060AORUS X-6GD
Q1/2018 Release date Q3/2016
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 16 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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