MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC has 384 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.43 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.10 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC has 1280 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.51 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 3 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.
MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC
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 MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC is equipped with a 2 GB large DDR4 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.050 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC has a turbo clock of 1.430 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is 1.759 GHz.

1.189 GHz Base Clock 1.544 GHz
1.430 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

30 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC are cooled with a Passive cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
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 Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

150 mm Length 178 mm
69 mm Height 118 mm
38 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
304 g Weight 444 g
PCIe 3.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC was released in Q1/2018.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
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)

MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC
2 GB DDR4
17 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GHD4 LP OC
2 GB DDR4
22 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
75 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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