MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
vs
Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G and the Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and has 1920 texture shaders and 15 execution units.

Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4), which has 384 shaders and 3 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G GPU Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4)
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip GP108-310-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 3
1920 Shader 384
64 Render Output Units 16
120 Texture Units 24
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 259 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 can access 2 GB DDR4 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 17 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type DDR4
2.027 GHz Memory Clock 1.050 GHz
8.1 Gbps Memory Speed 2.1 Gbps
259 GB/s Memory bandwidth 17 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is 1.151 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.151 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.379 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has a TDP of 30 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

150 W TDP 30 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 50 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 supports a maximum of 3 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is 135 mm long, 69 mm high and -- wide.

279 mm Length 135 mm
140 mm Height 69 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
1094 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 4

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 was introduced in Q1/2018 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no 426018336-4085
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2018
379 $ (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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
36 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
2 GB DDR4
1 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
69 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
2 GB DDR4
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
98 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
2 GB DDR4
21 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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