The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 3 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 6 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC
Memory Size
2 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.502 GHz
1.653 GHz
Memory Speed
6.0 Gbps
6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
48 GB/s
106 GB/s
Memory Interface
64 bit
128 bit
More information
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.502 GHz clocks.
The MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.653GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC
Base Clock
1.228 GHz
1.076 GHz
Boost Clock
1.468 GHz
1.253 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
More information
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 has a turbo clock of 1.468 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC is 1.253 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC
TDP
30 W
90 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
95 °C
PCIe-Power
--
1 x 6-Pin
More information
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 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 950 2GD5 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 95 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
--
1 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
More information
The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC
Max. Displays
2
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
--
1x DP 1.2
DVI
1
2
More information
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
More information
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC
h264
Decode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode
No
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
More information
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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC
Length
--
170 mm
Height
--
111 mm
Width
--
37 mm
Width (Slots)
1 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
More information
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
Here you can rate the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 3.1 stars (13 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GD5 OC to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
