KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 and the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G, 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.

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GP108-310-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
3 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
384 Shader 3584
16 Render Output Units 48
24 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

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 MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 12 GB
DDR4 Memory Type GDDR6
1.050 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
2.1 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
17 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G is 1.320 GHz.

1.151 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.379 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
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 MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

30 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G 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) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 36 dB

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 MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G 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 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

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
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G is 276 mm long, 131 mm high and 51 mm wide.

180 mm Length 276 mm
121 mm Height 131 mm
41 mm Width 51 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 996 g
PCIe 3.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 439 $.

30NPK4HVQ4BK Part-no --
Q1/2018 Release date Q1/2021
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 439 $
14 nm Structure size 8 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

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)

KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4
2 GB DDR4
21 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
130 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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